They don't want to use it because "it's bad" even though they've never used it and barely know what it is. I think they just assume it's bad because I'm the tech weirdo who uses niche Internet stuff.
Idk, I've introduced quite a few trans people I know who are sort of dipping their toes into communism to Lemmy through hexbear and they've found it pretty good. I wouldn't like introduce them to it on many other instances ofc though. Currently I've introduced like 4 trans communists to Lemmy this way
I live in Texas and most of the people I know are conservative. The few friends I have are libs (but I still love them) so I think introducing them to hexbear would be fucking wild but I'm not brave enough to do it lol
No one with a passive user mindset will appreciate Lemmy in its current states. There's no algorithmic feed. It isn't pre-populated with stuff they like. Active curation is required. Slow updates aren't seen by this set as an advantage (my attention isn't being constantly funnelled toward nonsense) but a deficiency (I can't doomscroll; 'if the place isn't busy it mustn't be good').
It probably also has to do with a collective loss of any sense of ownership of digital space. I too would treat the web as an appliance (or television) if I thought I was a guest everywhere I went.
