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 The difficulty I found is that you're asked to make a pretty foundational decision (which server) before you really know what it all means.
Perhaps there could be a "temporary new user" server as a default, which pushes people off to their "real" server?
@johnmu the server decision is not that fundamental, there is a server migration feature that allows you to move wholesale to a new server.
But yes a better onboarding proces is probably welcome.
@badams @johnmu I find a big difference between #digitalFirst people and the mass market is that we're not afraid of making a choice/picking an option and dealing with the consequences or working out how to fix or change it.
Many people I know won't click a button unless they are SURE it won't break things. 'It says "do you want to add to cart?" what do I do?' - heard too often...
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