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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)
submitted 1 year ago by jherazob@beehaw.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] aka_oscar@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I like blogs like this. Its important to not stay too comfy in one spot and recognize the flaws in software in order to improve. The comments already try to spot the core issues and offer solutions and its great. I share most of the authors points when it comes to federation. Creating an insta account and sharing your pics on twitter is easy as it gets, you just need two accounts. Im aware this is a growing technology, but I wonder how much of it can be improved, and how much is already set in stone.

It is, of course, odd that the author brushed off descentralization so quickly, especially considering that post was written a couple days ago. Has he not been paying attention to Reddit or Twitter? Sure, if you switch to another instance youll still be under an admin, but you can switch to a saner one. You wont be stuck with the only option. Glad to see this being pointed out in the comment section

The kbin bit is also odd to me. I thought that was just a bug?

Good writeup nonetheless. Wish opinions like this become more common, with the hope that itll be translated into improving the platform