cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/268746
For poor people (ex lumenproletariat, but incl anyone struggling, which incls some middleclass ‘big spenders’) hard to give a hoot about privacy when like the bottom 2 rungs of maslow’s hierarchy of needs are lacking.
I personally bumped into digital privacy/the fediverse somewhat randomly when covid lockdowns were happening. Always sorta had an innate concept of privacy compared to some people though.
Also social networking is a minor additive, not that important. Add to this, if none of your friends are on it, why do it in the first place?
The main aspect is to share the fediverse culture and spread the news anywhere, otherwise, it will be difficult to see many people into it.