@chr so is it best practice to simply have an account on one instance, or multiple accounts on instances based on what communities you want to be part of?

@backhand until instances diversify/specialize, i think its probably best to stick with one for the moment

later on, if, say, cybre.space became a programming-focused instance (it probably won't but who knows), and you wanted to be part of that community, then maybe it would make sense!

for now the network is growing both horizontally and vertically, and everyone's just trying to get in on the central discourse before fanning out to their interest circles

@chr got it. thanks

@chr "if, say, cybre.space became a programming-focused instance"

could you imagine how boring that would be tho

@nightpool i kno rite

@chr there but for the grace of god go I

@chr @backhand it feels like there is a lot of people joining who are unhappy with the bird site and really want there to be a successful alternative.

@tetron @backhand yeah i think the issue is the newly transferred don't really get what federation is about, so they want there to be one central site where they congregate

and heck i dont think the rest of us have really figured it all out either, but we're making progress

@chr @backhand its the discovery problem. Everyone already advertises their email address and whatever other social media handles, but this is too new / not mainstream (yet). But the software / sign up processes is easy enough for normal people, the UI is fantastic (even if a total ripoff) so it doesn't feel so much like compromising for principles.

@tetron @chr it's also a conceptual problem; everyone is so used to walled gardens, for everything to sat on one platform, it's actually quite jarring to have to think about federation in a different way.

@tetron @chr yeah, feels like the general consensus. I also like how this is open source (yes?) and distributed.

@chr ...and thank you!