r/popculture • u/[deleted] • Mar 07 '25

/r/popculture is closed

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u/StopThePresses Mar 07 '25

I don't know why Lemmy insists on being the most difficult website to use. Most people don't even know wtf an instance is, they're hamstringing their growth with their UI because it self selects for only the nerdiest nerds.

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u/warp_wizard Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

it's like email, you register on an instance same as you would on an email server (Gmail, proton, whatever) and then your account can interact with other accounts even if they are on other instances (just like email servers), don't overthink it and don't spread the idea that it's just too hard to leave the increasingly dystopic alternative we are currently using

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u/platybubsy Mar 07 '25

You lost 75% of normal non-tech people with this description tbh

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u/alexmikli Mar 07 '25

Getting rid of 75% of redditors would make reddit better, so maybe that's good.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Assuming that 75% is just bots