@hpod16 And there is no doubt that decentralization causes additional complexities for certain aspects of the Fedi, such as moderation (which is a huge one).

@hpod16 Welcome! I think it's a good time to be having this conversation.

Is there any appetite (& budget?) in your group to do some user experience work to find out what barriers non-technical users have (or perceive) about coming to the Fediverse?

My personal take is that decentralization is not necessarily, in & of itself, a positive feature. Mostly people just want to talk to their friends & other interesting people they've met. The details of how that's achieved are less important to them

@0xabad1dea The Zootopia / Wolf of Wall St mashup that nobody wanted.