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minus-squarenitroemdashlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoIf there won’t be a one “default” place for laypeople to go to, the project won’t catch on. Bluesky got popular because they had this place. Pixelfed got somewhat popular because they maintained a “central” instance. Matrix had matrix.org. PeerTube, Lemmy and most of the Fediverse are niche geek places because they have many equally poorly-funded instances.
If there won’t be a one “default” place for laypeople to go to, the project won’t catch on.
Bluesky got popular because they had this place. Pixelfed got somewhat popular because they maintained a “central” instance. Matrix had matrix.org.
PeerTube, Lemmy and most of the Fediverse are niche geek places because they have many equally poorly-funded instances.