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[–] JeffCraig@citizensgaming.com 14 points 1 year ago

It's crazy how many people will just click accept on security warning them that an app will access literally everything on their phone.

It's also crazy how many people don't even know that Threads is Meta... where the f have these people been for the past 10 years?

[–] ultrasquid@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've said this a bunch of times, but Mastodon's use of a chronological feed is what kills it. What it really needs is for the default tab to be a "trending" tab, cause that's what users want to see.

[–] ezmack@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The sign up process is just too confusing for most people too. I tried evangelizing it when musk took over and that was everyones response. Need like a temporary instance for new accounts that you can transfer out of once you've got your sea legs

[–] Dee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mastodon’s use of a chronological feed is what kills it.

Funny, that's exactly the reason I like Mastodon's feed over traditional social media. No bullshit being pushed, just the people I'm following and the posts they make.

[–] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No algorithm designed to keep you addicted or run experiments on you.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can't quit I'm leaving!

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

You can't leave you're a frog!

[–] ransom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

But twitter people love bullshit!

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[–] couragethebravedog@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's mastodon but centralized. It takes all the difficulty out of signing up for the fediverse, like finding a server. I said it from day 1 on mastodon. We will never see mass adoption until there's a simple sign up process. People like centralized because it's easier.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finding a server could not be any easier: https://joinmastodon.org/servers
If they can't manage that then maybe they should not be on the internet. If my 60yo dad can do it then so can they. Learned helplessness in anything involving IT is my pet peeve.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Tbh, this is not a good solution.

It dumps you in front of a wall of 22 pages of servers on my laptop (equivalent to 4.35 meters).

Most of which have completely nonsensical descriptions.

If I look at e.g. the first page (top 6 servers) I get these:

  • mastodon.social: The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit
  • mstdn.jp: Mastodon日本鯖です. よろしくお願いいたします。 (Maintained by Sujitech, LLC)
  • mstdn.social: A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.
  • mastodon.world: Generic Mastodon server for anyone to use.
  • mas.to: Hello! mas.to is a fast, up-to-date and fun Mastodon server.
  • mastodon.online: A newer server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

Ok, so of these I can only rule out mstdn.jp, because I don't speak Japanese.

mastodon.social and mastodon.official are, I guess, the "official" instances, with one of them being newer, for some reason. What does that mean? No idea. Is mastodon.social running out dated software? If not, why fork the instances at all?

mstdn.social and mastodon.world mention that they are general purpose. Without (and even with) Fediverse experience, I would expect any social media platform to be general purpose unless otherwise stated. So they basically have no description.

mas.to mentions only that it's "fast, up-to-date and fun". That basically has no meaning, except all other instances are slow, outdated and boring. So now I am worried.

mstdn.social says it has a 500 character limit. Without googleing a new user would have no idea what the regular character limits are. And I have no idea whether that will cause issues when interacting with other instances.

This page is like getting to a used car dealership without a clue about cars and you ask the car dealer to help you choose a car, and the dealer is like "Yeah, so I'm gonna help you. The right car for you is any car on the property of the dealership."