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submitted 2 years ago by Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

At the moment the internet is flawed, do you think the fediverse is the solution?

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[-] strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 4 points 2 years ago

@knighthawk0811
> can we get young people coming here though

That's a very good question to ask a young person. OTTOMH though...

... anything they have to use at school, they're unlikely to use by choice at home or elsewhere. What would have got me to join the fediverse if it existed when I was a young person? Hearing that someone I respected had joined like Upper Hutt Posse, or Michael Franti, or RATM, or even David Bowie. Pop poets are the vanguard party of the young.

@Bicyclejohn

[-] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I for one am a young person, but my peers are too tiktok obsessed. While I use an VPN 24/7 I liek that the fediverse is not banned at school Still use VPN tho

[-] strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 4 points 2 years ago

@Bicyclejohn
> my peers are too tiktok obsessed

What is it that attracts them to TikTok? The features and user experience, or the pool of people and content they can find there? Or something else?

[-] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Algorithm and peer pressure. I'm among one of the only damn kids in my school who never used that shit

@Bicyclejohn @strypey I hear it's addictive once you start using it.

I never started using it.

[-] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Glad to hear. I don't use most major social media. Separates me a lot from my peers

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