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minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoDo we really need to define things in terms of what the average person is capable of? Especially when the biggest barrier seems to be “willingness to put a small amount of effort into learning a simple process”?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoYes. It’s called the Network Effect. People use discord because people use discord.
Do we really need to define things in terms of what the average person is capable of? Especially when the biggest barrier seems to be “willingness to put a small amount of effort into learning a simple process”?
Yes. It’s called the Network Effect. People use discord because people use discord.