(#35kn2ia) @prologic@twtxt.net

People don’t want to run their own servers, and never will.

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On the face of it it’s a generalisation, but s/People/99.99% of people/ and the statement becomes objectively true.
My opinion on decentralised communications protocols is basically: Being able to run your own instance - easily - is very, very important. But being required to run your own instance dooms the system to failure / being very niche at best. Mastodon is a great example which fails at both; it’s hard to self-host and there’s no obvious canonical instance to sign up to if you don’t want to host your own.

(#35kn2ia) @prologic@twtxt.net I think in those days “everyone” on the internet was a geek who loved doing things themselves. Now the internet is used by literally everyone, and most of them don’t understand how it works any better than how their car works. It has to Just Work.

I guess what’s needed is for self-hosting to be one of those things that Just Works, without the average person having to know how. (In addition to educating the public better about what the internet is, of course.)

(#35kn2ia) @prologic@twtxt.net

you’ll love what my company is trying to do here

I’m intrigued… look forward to hearing more!

(#35kn2ia) @mckinley@twtxt.net I was lucky in a way: I was homeshooled and my studies were very much self-directed. My parents encouraged my interest in tech though they are complete muggles themselves and couldn’t teach me anything about it, so I was entirely self-taught – like many geeks, it seems. As for schools, I do think the situation is improving, at least from what I’ve heard from friends with school-age kids. @prologic@twtxt.net’s experience is reassuring. I’m sure it varies hugely from area to area though; it definitely needs to be a part of national curricula.

(#35kn2ia) @prologic@twtxt.net Huh, supply chain problems, who’d’a thunk it 😆😫 Definitely not going to get better in the short (medium?🤔) term…