Bitcoin wastes so much energy, I think all normal payment systems combined use less energy than it.

Bitcoin alone uses more electricity than Norway.

And that electricity is mostly from burning coal, so crypto is great for creating global warming

Gatekeeping, nice.

It’s not a problem on PieFed, it’s mostly been delt with

Reddit already requires it in the UK, afik.

But it’s mostly speculation form my side.

I’d also like this, but I feel you’ll get pushback against this on the Fediverse

Perhaps it’s a feature instance’s can set as default or not themselves

No, that’s why I said it’s technically decentralized.

They have 40 million users though, they focused on UX first, and will now hopefully not be dicks and actually become decentralized

I think we should just hide all of that complexity and just set defaults for everything that the user can decide to change if they want. You don’t have to understand how the Fediverse works to be able to use it. Most people don’t understand how email works, they just use it.

BlueSky has 40+ million users, and it’s also technically decentralized like the Fediverse.

aka. you can use the eurosky.social or bluesky.social server etc.

I hate being left wing sometimes https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vHfbUIQeW_A

You can try without having step 1 in place, but you might get picked up by reddit’s filters.

If you have a brand new account you often can’t post in most subs or will get flagged for Advertising etc.

Only visible if someone makes a comment in a sub that you mod.

Text posts simply don’t get the same message across though, which is why they aren’t as effective.

You can communicate a LOT more info in a short time-span with a image.

Do you NEVER watch movies because books exist?

Same, if they’re different continents then Africa is also more than one continent

It’s a different subreddit, they set the theme to green

The post will get ZERO traction if it’s not a image post, I’ve tried.

Did you read what my post was about?

What’s unethical about it?

I really hate the elitism / gatekeeping I so often see on here.

People scoffing at those still using other platforms, thinking they’re better than them etc.

So you don’t want to share your community with me?

I still find reddit enjoyable. I use both reddit and PieFed. PieFed lacks niche communities, for that I go to reddit.

Also reddit’s UX is still a lot smoother, I hope PieFed gets there but I’m not going to kid myself and say it’s as good as Reddit just yet.

The might not be the brightest tools in the shed, but we also don’t want the fediverse to be just filled with a bunch of rocket surgeons, we want people from all over creating their own communities etc.

I’m not a fan of gatekeeping decentralized alternatives because people aren’t “smart” enough. I don’t think people don’t switch because they are stupid, but instead because PieFed doesn’t yet offer what they need in a replacement.

Here are some more examples, it’s quite interesting