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I always find these arguments are almost in bad faith. Sure there are always alternatives, but that's like saying the alternative to driving to work is walking. It works, but only so far as it is practical. I am so glad I found Lemmy and fortunately the community has been forced here by Reddit, but how many posts were on this platform 2 days ago, how many will be here in a week? I am hopeful this will last, but platforms are only as powerful as their users, and the general public tends to congregate in the largest, easiest to use location.
I remember the before fore times, things spread fine, you talked to your friends fine, you just didnt have immediate access to rooms full of millions, you actually had to say something worth being shared to such a scope (esp the times when its sub-optimal to not be able to plead to the masses). Federation can fix a lot of the obvious issues with that older setup. The protocol could have been established then, we already did it for email and newsgroups.
For me at least, I found here the same kind of content I used Reddit for, so as long as these stay around I have good reason to do so.
I also like the federation "movement", (imo) it feels more cozy and enhances the sense of a community.
i havent seen content on reddit like this in years