Cuz the comments throught Lemmy/Piefed seems to indicate that literally every user on here is a FOSS/Dencentralization Purist and has 100% abandoned mainstream platforms.

I wonder if this is actually true or just a small minority of users being overrepresented.

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    10 days ago

    We asked in our instance census about use of lemmy-like platforms (reddit, hacker news) and most people said they still used them in some respect. Only 7 our of 49 who answered this question said they never use them, over half use them equally or more than Fediverse alternatives.

    Bar chart showing whether respondents use centralised platforms. 17 indicated they do, but use the fediverse more. 12 indicated they only use them if coming across a link. 8 stated they use them about equally with fediverse platforms, 7 said they never use them as they actively avoid them, and 5 said they use the centralised versions more than the fediverse ones

    Personally I use Facebook messenger, well I normally use Beeper because I don’t have facebook on my phone but I still use the platform to connect with people. And video call on my laptop from time to time.