@jcrabapple the fediverse keeps putting down this issue as trivial, but in the modern world it really isn't.

The email analogy doesn't line up when the expectation of modern social media is go to one website and sign up. Not to mention the choice of identity with the different servers.

This is one of the reasons why Bluesky works. Even if AT Protocol gets federated among multiple services, when you sign up for Bluesky, the hosting server is auto selected to them.

@andrewmelder @jcrabapple Maybe it's this expectation that needs to change.

Centralized social media is slowly but surely becoming a thing of the past, and choosing where you decide to store your social data will become the norm.

@richarddegenne @jcrabapple I don't mean to come across as dismissive with my response, because in general I also hope for the norm you describe.

However, the proof time and time again is this: the majority of people do not care about control of their social data or if it's centralised.

They care about the experience and connecting easily with people they want to. The technology of how is not of significance.

@andrewmelder @jcrabapple As of right now, absolutely. And it is my belief that it should not be the case.

When people are choosing an ISP, they are used to going to different providers, comparing speeds, pricing, offers, and it's not "more difficult" than a world where you go to internet.com and sign up on a single provider.

Just because it works like this today does not mean it has to stay like that. Educate people, one at a time, until "choosing a server" is just the way of the world.