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		lukan 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla "but had no idea what federation is, or why it's important" Maybe the ideal technical solution would not require them to know?

mbonnet 4 months ago | [–]

The average user is a moron. This is key to all tech and key to why complex shit like Mastodon will never see wide adoption.

rollcat 4 months ago | [–]

Yep. Everyone understands email, not everyone understands that email is federated, and yet everyone benefits from federation.

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