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Somebody gave me this link earlier as to why they don't like the Fediverse, from the perspective of an user

cohost.org i realize this might be swinging at the hornet's nest, but i have a genuine question about the Fediverse

something that sort of confuses me about the fediverse, conceptually, is the idea that these disparate apps are cross-compatible in some way. like obvs there's mastodon-compatible platforms (pleroma, akkoma, etc) but in general other fediverse (pixelfed, kbin) are either only partially compatible1 o...

i realize this might be swinging at the hornet's nest, but i have a genuine question about the Fediverse

The core phrase of the blog post: "no one has done an especially good job explaining why the fediverse is better than centralized solutions".

Feels to me that it's all growing pains, we WOULD benefit for a federated auth system instead of an account on every service, and we need lots of bug fixing, i just wish all these social media shitstorms had happened a couple years later and not at this point...

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  • 'Better' is relative. To me its better because no one person or group owns or controls the software. There's no central authority. Don't like the instance you're on? Just move to another. Cant find an instance you like? Host your own. Don't like the path the developers are taking? Fork the code. As long as the very core remains standard (ActivityPub), all possibilities are on.

    There needs to be a return to being patient. Most fedi software is not beyond beta yet. They will develop and they will mature but right now the fediverse is a toddler learning to walk. There are issues but with time they'll get addressed. We've all got so addicted to shiny cool apps and services we've become prepared to sacrifice our privacy, our choices and our reason at the altar of a quick dopamine hit.

    There's no big money to throw at these issues and therefore no dedicated team. This means solutions come slower. But they will come and they will be motivated by usefulness not profit. The people developing these things have lives and day jobs. Give them time.

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