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"but had no idea what federation is, or why it's important"

Maybe the ideal technical solution would not require them to know?



The average user is a moron. This is key to all tech and key to why complex shit like Mastodon will never see wide adoption.


Yep. Everyone understands email, not everyone understands that email is federated, and yet everyone benefits from federation.




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