They don’t want to use it because “it’s bad” even though they’ve never used it and barely know what it is. I think they just assume it’s bad because I’m the tech weirdo who uses niche Internet stuff.
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I live in Texas and most of the people I know are conservative. The few friends I have are libs (but I still love them) so I think introducing them to hexbear would be fucking wild but I’m not brave enough to do it lol
Lot of content I’ve been seeing is old, but it doesn’t bother me much, content is content. Still way more than I could possibly scroll through.
No one with a passive user mindset will appreciate Lemmy in its current states. There’s no algorithmic feed. It isn’t pre-populated with stuff they like. Active curation is required. Slow updates aren’t seen by this set as an advantage (my attention isn’t being constantly funnelled toward nonsense) but a deficiency (I can’t doomscroll; ‘if the place isn’t busy it mustn’t be good’).
It probably also has to do with a collective loss of any sense of ownership of digital space. I too would treat the web as an appliance (or television) if I thought I was a guest everywhere I went.
Lemmy is my perfect speed and your reply to my two months old meme is a dream come true.
Seriously — your thoughtful analysis is a breath of fresh air.
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Make them pay rent.
