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I love that the argument to, "scientists means smart and smart means Fediverse" is some magical connection made and that this comment basically says, scientist doesn't really mean anything.
The actual argument to be made here is why in the hell does scientists and Lemmy have to have any connection at all? It is like we are associating that only smart people use the Fediverse. I will never the constant mentality Lemmy's user base has that you are somehow better if you use the Fediverse. It is that same sort of thinking that makes the Fediverse so niche because the user base can't grasp that Fediverse apps suck, they are annoying to sign up for. Swapping between instances is annoying in most cases and if you ar not handing your data to a single company you are putting your trust in the hands of those utilizing the Protocol to handle your data.
It is like there is some weird connection the user base on Lemmy just magically makes up to solving all of the worlds problems with big tech or something and then Facebook showed up and could have and talked about entering the Fediverse realm with Threads and everyone freaked out because Facebook would ultimately kill the Fediverse which pokes entire wholes into the Fediverse being the answer. It would just get popular and have the same issues as everything else Lemmy is scared of . Be glad your space is niche.