Which they split the diff and call 55% in the strat guide to give you misguided hope. 😔

It’s almost like if you tell a bunch of delusional, disenfranchised people exactly what they want to hear for four+ years they tend to not see any faults in what you say or do.

I mean…

*gestures around at everything

I think that ease of use is the biggest hurdle at the moment. While yeah Mastodon has grown it’s also improved quite a bit. The onboarding is much more streamlined versus six months ago.

Those barriers are getting better but are still there for Lemmy. Apps are starting to come which is fantastic but the users need to want to engage with the platform. Streamlined sign up, improved features and UI improvements will need to continue to evolve in order to grow the user base.

They’re called ilgaak. Inuit snow goggles. They are a precursor to sunglasses that reduced the glare of the snow and the sun. Very cool!