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Cuz the comments throught Lemmy/Piefed seems to indicate that literally every user on here is a FOSS/Dencentralization Purist and has 100% abandoned mainstream platforms.

I wonder if this is actually true or just a small minority of users being overrepresented.

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[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think you're seeing a loud minority honestly. People who use mainstream socials still (yes, I do) don't tend to shout about it all the time.

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

using social media is just assumed. like driving a car, having a job, watching tv, etc. it's just background assumption, and if you don't use it, you're weird.

but there are vastly different ways and volumes in which people use it. i have most only ever used it for community/volunteer stuff. i only used it personally like 10 years ago back when it was just pictures my friends and I posted. I stopped using it in 2021 or so after it got enshittified and became nothing but advertising and porn in my feeds and my friends photos took scrolling for 5m to find.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah I'm basically the same. I have it, but I only use it sometimes. It doesn't hold my interest that much.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Agreed.
I also find it funny how you (mostly) read about (F)OSS purists here but readily engage in using Chromium based browsers like Brave.

Like...why?? You (not you OP :p) can't preach about FOSS but also use Brave in the same contexts.