Mastodawn

Clive Thompson Nov 7, 2022

An interesting problem:

I've been hearing from a lot of folks that "I'm trying to sign up for Mastodon and it's not letting me / it's confusing / it's a mess / it's broken"

When I inquire, these folks are always using a mobile app to sign up

My sense is ... many mobile apps are bad *in general*, and their signup is *particularly* broken

I tell these folks to sign up using a plain 'ol browser and it works

I'm now switching my "hey, sign up!" advice to insist on using a browser

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Slab

@clive yeah, I had/am having this experience as a migrator. I prefer apps when possible for platforms I use regularly, even as people are guiding me to the browser and to add it to my home screen (I've done that now lol).
But of course none of the apps really nailed it, and the main one doesn't even show the local obviously???

I hope more people can get through the initial bumps and adjust mindsets, because I adore it here