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Not everybody used to be on it. There was a stigma to socializing online. "Don't give out your address, full name, or credit card info online!!" Shit I don't want to have to give it to a person these days. Online dating, not my thing, but I love that it's bringing people together. It's not as strange to quit your job and move across the country to get married to your internet boyfriend as it used to be.
Most people on the internet are normal people because most people are on the internet.
But are "most people" on Fedi?
As an autistic person, all of the normal people are weird (to me).
I wonder if Fedi still has that perceived barrier to entry (even thought it's not that hard) so the normies aren't here here, and that it's not "the popular thing that everyone does by default" yet so the people are here because they want to be.
I think Fedi feels kind of like the wild west early days, in a nice way.
That wasn't the question. The question was about how the internet is different, not the fediverse.
Boo. Sorry for upsetting you lol. Sometimes discussions branch out. Have a nice day