@AimeeMaroux The issue is that #federatedNetworks appear "hard" and are inscrutable to people used to clicking OK on a #EULA without reading it. People who don't understand that they are saying "please take my #privacy and my #rights." People who think that #appStores are great rather than voracious organizations with predatory commission structures.

Average users don't want to think why things are #free and easy. They will also be the ones to complain when a for profit corporation changes their rules in a way that affects them, the user who believes the internet is somehow "free".

The #fediverse is fantastic because no one organization can take it down, and you can change servers if you don't like your current server's new rules. But explaining that to #normies will get you a blank gaze of incomprehension.

I never really expected this account to be anything more than my annual #DEFCON alias and a way to interact with other folks interested in #infosec #cybersecurity #privacy #misinformation #federatedNetworks #decentralized systems and keep up with #queer interests and other activists. I’m very amused and a wee bit concerned with its recent overlap with other parts of my life due to the huge influx of new people in our community (but I’m so happy to see you all here!)

@wonky It means that it's time to leave. Yes, that's an over-simplified answer, but it means that the ordinary people need to do a bit more heavy lifting, and consider adopting the #fediverse and/or #federatednetworks as a substitute to a centralized service that can be bought at any time by some asshole with a lot of money.

RT @indubitablyodin@twitter.com

This is the hardest thing about @joinmastodon@twitter.com for new people to understand. I'm excited to hear that UI updates (and hopefully information document updates too?) will be coming to solve this. #federatednetworks #Mastodon

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/indubitablyodin/status/1588940145365241862

@Crickxson@pixelfed.social
This is my first "real" experience of #FederatedNetworks : i post a pic on my #Pixelfed account, that i follow in #Mastodon, it appears immediately and i can retoot it. Tof.