PLEASE - Just do anything to give Youtube a run for its money. They’re steamrolling right now due to the promise of ad-revenue to streamers though. Idk how to fight that
This incident won’t be the last straw, but it will be the turning point of a slow and general decline.
This isn’t a problem with decentralization but more a UI/UX issue with current Fediverse clients. We all need to remember all of them are in early stages of development. I full suspect new features and tools will start popping up in the coming months to assist in the overall usability.
In all honesty, its better to a have a few accounts anyway. Imagine your main instance goes down for a period of time or permanently. Your account will go down with that ship. Having a few affiliated accounts across the fediverse will help mitigate user downtime. I’ve got accounts at Beehaw, lemmy.world, and here at Kbin.
Depending on the stipulations of the bill it could result in some social media platforms completely removing themselves from Texas. Also beyond the enforcement question, what defines “social media”? Does Discord fit? What about Telegram? What about iMessage? SMS?
Ultimately, and like much of the recent GOP social legislation, this is mainly just a way to show Republican voters they’re “doing” something because none of those same voters will care when this is taken up to the court system and struck down as unconstitutional. Even the article indicates this:
“Critics contend that Texas’ law violates the First Amendment and the principles of limited government and individual responsibility.”
Try to login with the creds you set. I never received a follow up email and on a whim tried my creds and it worked.
That being said, I know they also are having problems approving all of the new applicants given the influx and manual process. Keep trying though! While I’m on Kbin as well, Beehaw is my preferred instance so far given the structure and moderation.
Love all of these, but really happy to see Sumatra PDF because that thing is just incredible and is a day 1 install on a fresh OS.