I don’t think you can really stop these types of topics from getting popular, because it’s the crowd that the Fediverse attracts unfortunately. I tried to refer friends but the Fediverse system is too unnecessary for their needs and I respect that. Unless there’s some way to simplify the entire concept, or ways for newcomers to be easily onboarded, I fear all of this is going to fall into the same niche hole as the Linux community.
I can imagine other instances defederating from each other over minor or uncontrollable reasons. I’d hate to keep switching to new instances if that were to happen.
Agreed. There’s a lot mixed messaging from the userbase where we’re recommended to switch to Mastodon from Twitter but also respect that Mastodon is not supposed to be a Twitter replacement.
Ability to use the screen as a display through the USB port so I can debug a lot of my systems at home without needing to carry a monitor around.
Not everybody uses social media the same way and some people need instant exposure to the community to get a better start. It doesn’t help that these types of posts just make people feel like they’re stupid.