• AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    That sounds infeasible in the real world. 90% of the population isn’t even going to understand a system like that, much less be willing to use it.

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      5 months ago

      Users don’t need to understand the system, all they need to know is you need to get someone to vouch for you, and if you vouch for bad people/bots you might lose your access.

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        5 months ago

        That’s an absurd hurdle for accessing an online service. I guess I shouldn’t expect people on the fediverse to understand, considering the barriers to entry it has.

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      5 months ago

      Doesn’t sound much more complicated than invitation-only services. Most people wouldn’t even really need to know the details of how it works.

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      5 months ago

      That sounds infeasible in the real world. 90% of the population isn’t even going to understand a system like that, much less be willing to use it.

      I’m tempted to say “good riddance of those muppets”, but that’s just me being mean.

      On a more serious note: you don’t need to understand such a system to use it. All you need to know is that “if you want to join, you need someone who already joined guaranteeing you”.

      In fact, it seems that Facebook started out with a system like this.

      Plus you don’t need to use this system with lone individuals; you can use it with groups too, like the Fediseer does. As long as whoever is in charge of the group knows how to do it, the group gets access.

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        5 months ago

        It also means that people with no friends already using it simply can’t join. Big oof for them.

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          5 months ago

          In this sort of situation there’s always someone to guarantee whoever asks them to, regardless of being a RL acquaintance or not.

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            5 months ago

            Yeah, but you have to ask someone to do you a favour. That can be a major psychological barrier, especially for people with social phobia or depression (no joke).