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This is another post that alerted me of this.

https://lemmy.world/post/13287681

And here is the modlog:

https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemoveCommunity

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The whole point is most people want simplicity, not a chore.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

convenience, freedom, price, safety. Choose 2

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For most users, price and convenience. That's been made very clear over and over again.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, but eventually the lack of freedom and security drives them away when the service enshittifies thoroughly.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

That's what we like to think. Facebook, Google, kinda shows us most users are perfectly happy to continue taking abuse, though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

With social media companies, they seem unassailable, until the trust thermocline is breached, and then they collapse all at once.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Facebook has been losing users for years though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately anyone using Lemmy is likely not one of those "most users"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

As lemmy becomes mainstream, those users will become the average user here. Eternal September is just the way of things