Voat, when it was still around, had this same discussion and settled on using _Pix for everything.

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I’m all for using federated alternatives, but that won’t fix the problem. If anything, they’re even less capable of combatting spam than big corporations who can afford to throw money into developing anti-spam measures.

It has a strong effect on it. A lack of a common language makes it more likely for a culture to fragment, and a widespread common language causes it to grow closer together. I wouldn’t say it’s essential though.

Every time I visit I am genuinely impressed with how insanely wrong and inaccurate the answers all are. Even if it’s something straightforward with a single, verifiable, objectively correct answer that anyone can look up in a few seconds, people will somehow say something incorrect.