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		lost_tourist on June 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit permanently bans account of user advocating... Sure, but only nerds will use them (not necessarily a bad thing) and will never go mainstream because of the difficulty to set up and search. Monolithic site like Reddit don't have that issue at all, you log in and away you go. Until someone makes federation that easy, I only see a Reddit replacement being of similar design and composition to Reddit.

sudosysgen on June 6, 2023 [–]

Email is federated and everyone manages to use it just fine. It's possible the UX can be improved, in which case I'd invite you to contribute.

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