The code reads: moderate your own instance however you like.

Defederation is one-way. An instance you defederated with still has access to your instances posts.

People who speak English as a second language are able to engage with a platform in which the majority of users speak English. People who only speak English or that and their local language are unable to engage with a platform where the language used is not their own or English.

More people are able to communicate with a shared language than with languages which are not mutually understood.

One other factor contributes: the U.S. has a large population which shares both a language and some culture. While multiple other countries may share languages, the populations which share a similar level of culture are smaller.

Then you have posts on social media being ranked in some way by engagement. One post may be relatable to 100k people, and five other posts are relatable to 20k each. The single post is ranked higher.

The internet is not something you just dump something on.

Why does that person need to have an actual account on Threads?

They don’t. They just use their existing Instagram account.

It’s literally the same account you already have.

I meant oppose in the theological sense. Religious extremists are given legitimacy by religious moderates. (I live in a Christian majority region)

I’m not a Catholic, so I don’t consider bad deeds to be ok so ling as you do a few good.

Those layers get in the way of casual browsing. Like you could use a bucket to fill a full size swimming pool, but a hose is better suitrd for the job.

The use case for TOR is illegal activity. Some illegal activity is not immoral, like organising a protest against a dictatorship. But Tor is not a useful tool for simply browsing websites. The inconvenience isn’t worth it when a regular browser fulfills your needs better.

It’s like money laundering. It could be done recreationally, but that’s not the normal use case.

Yeah individually religious people can be fairly benign. The fundamental problem is with religion.

Extremists are able to hide behind the guise of religion because non-extremists enable them. Because the only way for “moderate” religious people to oppose religious extremists is to admit that it’s all metaphorical bullshit.

On the surface level, yeah. But if you dig a bit deeper a religious person upholds the idea that religious belief is reasonable. When people have the opinion that religious belief is reasonable it causes measurable harm to everyone on this planet.

An individual believer cannot be separated from the religion.

If you’re dependent on the drug that’s an addiction. You may feel that your addiction is more justified than others, and that’s ok. Humans have been using drugs for thousands of years both recreationally and medicinally.

Yeah it’s a bit self-selective. “Trying something unfamiliar” is roughly synonymous with “learning”. And people who treat learning as a hobby tend to share a vibe as they say.

These days even Minecraft mods are one click to install hundreds at a time. The average person can get by with nothing more than folders on their desktop.

That’s just how the internet works. Early adopters are those willing to try something unfamiliar.