Oh boy, where do I even begin:

1. Federation. People have no idea what it is, which means that they have to familiarize themselves with all these technical concepts just to create an account.

2. Servers. Most mastodon servers are locked, and you have to petition the admins to let you in, which often implies waiting more than a day. In other sites, you can create an account in 5 seconds, so mastodon is at a disadvantage.

3. Lack of an algorithm. This implies people won’t see the content they like, which means they have to go and actively look for content. Most people don’t want to spend time doing that, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes ans look at pretty pictures.

Make mastodon more accessible then.

Yes. People don’t realize algorithms are one of the main reasons decentralized sited haven’t taken off. Most people don’t want to spend time looking for their content, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pretty art

Even then, how many people actually left their Twitter accounts?

I can’t tell how many times I’ve seen people say “I’m leaving Twitter” only to come back after a month

That’s the normal stance on Lemmy.

It was founded by communists, so you’d better get used to it

There are a lot of artists on pixelfed, but lack of an algorithm makes finding them very difficult

He definitely has. A few years ago, San Salvador was known as the murder capital of the world, but nowadays it’s one of the safest places to live.

Lack of an algorithm makes finding new content much more difficult. And most people don’t want to spend time actively looking for stuff, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pieces of art.

Also go forbid you have any criticism towards Linux.

1. Because historically this has been ineffective. Nobody knew Harry Potter or hunger games would become so popular. Nobody could have predicted Godzilla movies would make such a comeback. That’s why you need more than one creator or entity to produce such things

2. In their own personal projects of course. But if you want a musician to do music for your project or you want to use an artist for something, they’ll inevitably ask for something in exchange.

3. How would they decide what gets produced and what doesn’t? Which clothing brands get funding and which ones don’t? Which authors receive money for their books and which ones don’t? Which YouTubers and streamers? Inevitably you’ll have a shortage of products because trends change easily and it’ll take time for the central government to adapt.

1. Not going to work unless the government has somehow unlimited resources. Otherwise why would they spend money and resources on something they don’t know how popular would it be?

2. What reward do those independent creators receive in exchange of doing their art? Do they just work for free?

3. And sometimes they succeed and other times they don’t. In a planned economy you’d essentially be stuck with whatever the government monopoly has decided to manufacture and you won’t have any other choice.

Corporations are run very differently from countries.

What happens when you don’t like the product that the state is offering?

What about independent artists and creators?

Figuring out what things people will like is next to impossible.

Non market economies are never going to work, because you’ll be essentially creating one giant monopoly and leaving people without the possibility of doing things differently

What happens when you don’t like the product the state offers?

What if you discover a way of doing things more efficiently?

What about independent artists and creators?

And that’s not getting into how unpredictable people are, products that have been predicted to fail end up becoming very successful, and the opposite also happens

I mean, if Europe cannot guarantee the peace and stability of their allies or themselves, why should other countries trust them over China for example?

There’s still a lot of beef with Europe in both Latin America and Africa. Even if you ignore colonialism, Europe’s cold war era track record in those areas is… Not good to say the least.

What’s the guarantee that Europe will actually bring peace and stability and not just install far-right dictators when it’s convenient for them?

Funny how democrats always call “authoritarian” to any government that is slightly to the left of them, but they do not dare to criticize Netanyahu, Pinochet, Franco, Saudi Arabia or any other authoritarian right wing regime. Those are always good for some contrived reason.

Lemmy was founded by communists and it follows a lot of communist principles.

If you don’t want to deal with that, Reddit is next door and it’s 100% suited for centrists and right-wingers like you.

I don’t think you know what communism actually is.

Current US: a neoliberal capitalist nightmare being ruined by CEOs

Your most intelligent American: This is definitely the socialists’ fault

“Tankies”

The irony with this is that Lemmy was founded by communists and it follows a lot of communist principles.