With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

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[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Can BlueSky really be called decentralized when 99% of it is bluesky.social?

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] rako@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Not a chance unfortunately, bluesky doesn't work without an all-seeing-eye that brings people the content they want. At best there will be some satellites running on atproto, fully decentralized, but the core will still be bluesky and it will still be completely centralized

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago

That is probably true, I do wish for a future where people can migrate to say https://www.eurosky.tech/ and alternatives, while benefiting from having so many users already