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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@clive It drives me nuts that so many services w/ apps require a browser in order to get anything done. And, often, preferably a tablet, laptop, or better. I know people whose only computer is a phone, and there's a lot they're just frozen out of.