technically you can. I've seen people post to lemmy from mastodon, for example. I'm not super knowledgeable about this.

It's not any harder than any other platform I've had to sign up for for the past 30 years. I have no idea why some of you think it's so difficult.

Choosing the default instance during signup isn't what's keeping people from using the fediverse.

There might be a segment of users who want a "lefty" version of tiktok-style platform, in which Loops would probably fit that niche. My partner uses Red Note though, and it fits that criteria just fine while also being way more usable.

You won’t hear it from the users here obviously, because of self-righteous anti-capitalist views that drove them here in the first place. And I’m not saying they are wrong or it’s a bad thing, but now you’ve got the furry/band kid table from the high school lunch room helping you form your political opinion and consume your time with AWFUL anime memes.

I'm a "self-righteous" anti-capitalist, but I'm not a furry or band geek.

That and the confusing system for platforms/instances will drive away everyday users who are used to an easy sign up

I'll never really understand this critique of lemmy/fediverse. It's not that hard. You just, uhh, pick one. If you don't like it, just pick another.

If reddit fails, another capitalist will swoop in and take their place.

I'm not sure about that. Most people prefer the twitter-like platform, short-form content. Reddit style is a dying model imo. It's not even that useful anymore, as everything is hidden away in Megathreads.

But yea, I doubt it will ever be mainstream. I'm fine with that though. Nothing I do is very mainstream. I'm just hipster like that I guess.

It's like most of the fediverse... it sucks because there's basically zero content/discoverability

It was VC funded and built by the same guy who built Twitter, what you expect?

I'd say it's by design. It's not meant to facilitate discussion. It's meant for short zingers to be shared.

Read up about the Paypal Mafia and all of its lovely racist, white-supremicist, nazi-loving roots.

It's a very entertaining read regardless. Not dry at all. I already knew Disney (the man) was evil, but I never knew just how evil the entire enterprise was/is