In part because it reminds me a bit of the old internet, with stuff being spread around everywhere.
Being “harder”* to understand than reddit, twitter or other big companies’ services is also a good thing, because people should remember that they have a brain and they should use it.
- “harder” because not everyone understands the fediverse right away, since usability is extremely similar
PS: ^superscript doesn’t work with phrases? at least not on preview^
Late 90’s, early 2000’s internet was fun. It was the wild west.
I still miss altavista, ska the fun with IRC. Good times.
If you’ve used Gopher nothing else will every scare you again.