just so this doesn’t overwhelm our front page too much, i think now’s a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let’s try to keep what’s happening in this thread instead of across 10.

developments to this point:

The Verge is on it as usual, also–here’s their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org):

other media coverage:

  • Pigeon@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Somebody pointed out that it’s not dissimilar from the way email works, where someone with a gmail account can easily email someone with a yahoo account, and that everyone understands that well enough. It’s presented a lot differently, so that regular users don’t even have to think about it - if anything, they can just think of the snail mail metaphor to understand it - but maybe there’s a way to simplify Lemmy onboarding too.