When's the last time the average user has had to install an operating system?
That's the biggest obstacle right there. I think plenty of non-techy people would use linux if it came preinstalled.
I'm liberal, but I'm not at the "censor users criticizing the Chinese government because they're communist" level. I was also skeptical of what people were saying about the lemmy.ml admins (the original lemmy devs), but they're anything but miquetoast progressive.
That doesn't represent all of Lemmy though. I just wouldn't recommend joining .ml
The Elder Scrolls announcement in 2018 is hilarious. Here's some footage of some mountains and trees - see you in 7-8 years, maybe!
The_Tribble_Juggler@kbin.social to /kbin meta@kbin.social – 225 points – 0, 1, and 6 will all probably happen soon.
And apparently the devaluation has lag-time and hasn't even caught up the this whole fiasco yet.
This has been the case for at least 6-8 years. I remember people used to call them out for a while, but then even that stopped.
Mastodon is cool, and I'd use it more if I could get used to the format. The Lemmy/Reddit forum style is my preference.