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I like these federated services being kinda "rough around the edges" (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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In part because it reminds me a bit of the old internet, with stuff being spread around everywhere.

Being "harder"* to understand than reddit, twitter or other big companies' services is also a good thing, because people should remember that they have a brain and they should use it.

  • "harder" because not everyone understands the fediverse right away, since usability is extremely similar

PS: ^superscript doesn't work with phrases? at least not on preview^

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[–] jkure2 68 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As a soon to be 30 yr old this reminds me of the internet I grew up loving lol, feels just the right amount of old school to me

[–] DrMario 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When I see the notifications popup in the top right corner, it surprisingly reminds me of old FB. Back when instead of an app buzzing in my pocket 24/7 with notifications that are actually just ads or BS, I intentionally choose to log on, see the notification, and think "Oh, someone interacted with me, let's go see what they said."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh man, I never thought about that, but you're 100% right. I've had this nagging feeling of nostalgia while using Lemmy for the longest time, and that's exactly what it is.

[–] Shartacus 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s beautiful and I hope the rest of the internet has a revolution like this.

Idk much about servers or anything but I hope someone finds a good way to replace YouTube next

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

That'd be PeerTube, but federated video is hard. It's very expensive in terms of bandwidth and storage. In comparison, hosting a mostly text-based website with very little embedding of images and no embedding of video and sharing it with the world is relatively easy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Yes! At first I wasn't too keen about that, but it's actually more freeing this way. I get to choose when to notice a notification, not the other way around

[–] emokidforever 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same. I’m loving it. Feels new and nostalgic at the same time.