Folks seem reluctant to join Mastodon because the signup process is a bit more involved. Specifically the choice of server is what puts people off.
Yet this is intrinsic to the nature of Mastodon. It’s federated - distributed and decentralised- so that one person or company cannot control the whole thing.
We should celebrate this aspect of Mastodon and not be afraid of it.
@badams but for them, that is not a compelling reason to get beyond the friction. They're scared of landing in a corner without being able to access the rest. They want/need simple and able to see/interact with everyone.
They don't get/understand the advantage of the federated view.
@badams is it? Or should we accept the use-case that #mastodon solves is not the same use-case as many people want solving? And that it might be all the better for that?
I'm not sure, it might actually be the use-case they need, but they don't understand it, but, given the state of twitter comes from how people behave, bears some detailed thought I think.
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