I think people feel some sort of allegiance to the devs too. I loved boost when I was on reddit. It was a smooth, user friendly app. People compare stable boost/sync to unstable alpha lemmy apps. They don't realize that boost and sync will have growing pains too.

Look at the big brain on macrocephalic

I think it's wishful thinking or propaganda. Putin still has a lot of popular support. He's in a more tenuous position than he's ever been in his time in power, but he still seems to have firm grasp of the levers of power for now.

Let's be clear that crazy conservatives are overwhelmingly white. While there are people of color in that group, they represent small portions of their communities.

I'm assuming it's not a simple port. They'll probably be buggy at first.

No not yet. To move, you just have to create a new account on another instance.

They have until 2024 to comply

Yeah pretty effectively too. Modi has been more effective than Bolsonaro or trump at spreading this religious/ethnonationalist poison.

I still wish they hadn't dropped sms on android. A few family members dropped signal as soon as they needed another app for messaging.