@strypey @eloquence

I cannot, and to be fair—I'm only making guesses. My point, is that to people for whom technology is "an annoyance" vs a centerpiece of their lives, the feeling of work—something that is probably different to many folks—to connect with other humans online, is too much.

People with kids, consuming family lives, that go to church, play sports on beer leagues, etc.

All of this is evident in how different Mastodon communities look, from Threads and Facebook.

@strypey @eloquence

I do usability stuff, for work—and the problem of federation, imho is one of the rare "users gotta meet the tech half-way" probs. Where that disheartens me, is that many simply won't. Because community via tech just isn't that important. So many college and childhood contacts, remain out of touch.

I never really cared, until FB became so ubiquitous—that it brought so many together who never thought we'd all come together. And that was kinda magical. But, at a steep cost.

@eloquence Sure, but my social community will never come here because it's too hard to find folks across federated servers. It requires too much work—which goes against human nature.

I agree, federation matters—and, we also have to meet humanity where it's at. Which regrettably, is a low place of laziness and entitlement r/n.