Reddit strike

[necrevistonnezr]

I still don't believe the federated system is the answer. It's just too complicated for the average user and gets in the way of the interesting exchanges you had on reddit.
Example: Stuff is on one server but not on the other - you want to add it, but it's not fully federated or suddenly - as in the case of beehaw - not federated anymore. It's just annoying.

[Stardenver]

@necrevistonnezr said in Reddit strike:

I still don't believe the federated system is the answer. It's just too complicated for the average user and gets in the way of the interesting exchanges you had on reddit.
Example: Stuff is on one server but not on the other - you want to add it, but it's not fully federated or suddenly - as in the case of beehaw - not federated anymore. It's just annoying.

Well, maybe when you mixe up some different kind of "social networks" using activity pub. I learned that people actually tend to adapt it very quick and successful, once you allow them to stay within some sort of well known environment. So its not that hard to convince someone to give Mastodon a try, as long as you keep it within Mastodon, at least for the beginning. People see it as some sort of independent Twitter. Things get confusing for people when you try to talk them into multi-network-stuff. Like mixing Mastodon and Peertube or Pixelfed. Gets very confusing.

I know what you mean and I understand and faced this problem, but there are several ways to avoid confusing people right at the beginning.

[necrevistonnezr]

@Stardenver Just look at this (on reddit ) : https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/149sm0n/beehaw_defederating_from_lemmyworld_and/
If the admin of one instance decides to de-federate, you're suddenly cut off.

I'm enjoying my time on kbin.social and I genuinely support the idea of federation, but... This is honestly the only major issue I have with the Fediverse. Most of my Reddit/social media posts are related to three or so niche interests. My first Mastodon account was on the central hub for one interest that later defederated with the central hub for another interest. Not being able to interact with 1/3rd of the people I want to interact with just defeats the whole point of joining these kinds of platforms. Moderators just carving out a chunk of the Fediverse for their users is just unacceptable.