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by lukan 219 days ago
"but had no idea what federation is, or why it's important"

Maybe the ideal technical solution would not require them to know?
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mbonnet 219 days ago
The average user is a moron. This is key to all tech and key to why complex shit like Mastodon will never see wide adoption.
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rollcat 219 days ago
Yep. Everyone understands email, not everyone understands that email is federated, and yet everyone benefits from federation.
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