this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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"Exclusively?" No. But obviously its initial appeal was to the more tech-savvy and FOSS-centric sort, and it's byzantine enough to jump in that it dissuades many newcomers who try.
But ActivityPub does seem to look like it will pull in larger services (like Threads) so in the end "protocols over platforms" may win out by default, sorts like WebKit/Blink/Chromium has. Not everyone gonna use Brave or Opera, but the mass of Chrome users will still feed back in some fashion.
Hard disagree, it was confusing when it was first explained to me, but in practice only a few more clicks were added to the account creation process.
I'm in IT and work with normies all day, the number of people to whom even just that will flummox and they'll just not bother is frankly overwhelming. 😝
I guess some people just deserve the social media they get