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@lilithsaintcrow
I bet that one of the big problems with both these #Journalists & their readers is: People who've never actually been in the Fediverse for very long, don't tend to understand #Federated vs #Centralized platforms and how they work.

A dog can't understand a rainbow, because he's never seen it properly. He only sees shades of gray, and doesn't know what the concept of color means.

These people hear #Fediverse and see it as one unified monochrome "broth" managed by algorithms, when in fact it's more of a "Mulligan's Stew" or "Stone Soup," managed by human beings. There is such a wide variety of ingredients, that every spoonful of that stew will not have the same ingredients as any other spoonful.

They're looking for a huge corporate monolith, but finding only a road paved with gravel. So they pick up a few pebbles, and claim the entire roadway is the same composition.

They're the "Blind Men with an Elephant," only this time it's a #Mastodon.

https://annethewriter33.wordpress.com/2023/07/06/the-future-is-federated/