My goal is not to convince Rimu or any of the people working on PieFed to change their minds. I know they won’t. I’m not trying to win any argument here. I’m talking in a public forum, giving my opinion, so that others can have a contrasting point of view
My goal as a moderator/piefed staff is to make you understand that the way you shared your arguments/opinion is not okay. It's not about telling the truth, the truth doesn't have to be harsh, blunt...that's a false belief. You can be nice and share your knownledge/opinion. And i gave you several options.
I want to make this place as useful and universal as the centralized platforms. But I find this line of reasoning quite strange, to be frank. Do you think that people should only be here if they are willing to conform to a certain set of values?
Well i'm part of the Kittens : https://chatons.org/ I meet people IRL and tell them about the fediverse, and show them how they work, i did 2 conferences on Piefed to newcomers last summer. I also did the wiki of Piefed.
I'm not only acting in the fediverse and the web but i'm also there IRL, where most of people use big tech. If you want to make this place useful and universal as centralized platforms, i think the best way to change people is telling them about the fediverse IRL, not here beside technical stuff or ui.













Well that's part of the problem and i'm just doing my job. I don't expect you to change that quickly. It's not my thought alone
Well i had the same experience and i'm older than twenty year old. :)
My role isn't to force them using free software or being part of the fediverse movement. I present software, show them how it works. I contact association, governement...explain them the problem, show newpapers, present solutions and it's up to them to change their habits. We can't change people habits except if governement decide to takes actions to protect our freedom and rights.
You don't have to take it personally. They prefer big tech, so let them use big tech.