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Re:Ask HN: What would a Facebook that isn't evil look like? by jfax on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:48AM (#27947516)
>I think the distributed answers have failed, sadly, mostly due to barrier to entry.

I don't understand this? I've been using Mastodon for a few years now, and the Mastodon network itself has been continually growing since it's founding with over 1 million monthly active users at present.

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Re:Ask HN: What would a Facebook that isn't evil look like? by smw on Sunday July 25, 2021 @06:24PM (#27953507)
I think there are two issues: 1) Can you get your technically illiterate grandfather on there? 2) Is it easy to have a good experience without someone guiding you?

The distributed answers seem to fail both of those metrics?

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