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  • trailee@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 month ago

    That kind of verified identity management for particular users would be great!

    The collective of federated servers is still a huge impediment to public growth, since Lemmy isn’t just one thing, and I expect it will continue to hamper growth here for a long time, as new users are confused about how to choose a home base.

      • trailee@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 month ago

        Well I’m already here, and clearly I chose sh.itjust.works. But my point is that for a lemmy (or any fediverse) newcomer it’s a little daunting and that added friction slows adoption.