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OP is sharing a very useful tip for people new to the Fediverse. Let’s not allow our pedantry to get in the way of what is still a helpful tip please.

It boggles my mind that I read this sentence near the end of the article:

“Force everyone to interact on one app, and it’s easier to fill their feeds with whatever advertising you want.”

This isn’t a quote from an expert, these are the actual words of the author of the article. “fill their needs… with advertising.”

Nobody has “advertising needs.” It shows how fucked-up the internet has become when a journalist writes something like this unironically, without even attempting to explain themselves. They just assume everyone believes they have advertising needs. Unreal.

100% agree. But we should never try to force things to “one.” There should never be just one community for a topic. That’s what Reddit is. “This is the videos subreddit, if you don’t like it you don’t have a choice.”

Good communities will rise. Bad communities will fall. Some communities will attract users because they’re big and have lots of members. Some communities will attract users because they’re small and friendly. Choice is good. Fixating on there only being “one” of anything is bad.

I don’t understand. What’s the point of posting private photos to a federated service? Just use Imgur.

“When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.”

I literally know NOTHING about the game from watching that trailer.

Also, first open world Star Wars game? What was Star Wars Galaxies, chopped liver?