StoneMountain
ultradebDownside to Mastodon:
No one I know in real life can figure out how to use it.
Upside to Mastodon:
No one I know in real life can figure out how to use it.
Adam Kieliński@ultradeb
That describes everything I use.
Until people start using it a few years later when I move on because it got bad once it got popular :P
@xtrems876 I think Mastodon is just convoluted enough to put most people off. Fingers crossed.
Pippi & ObiJuan Pups@ultradeb @xtrems876 we both, alas, suffer from a tribe not as brilliant as we....
@TinCanWin @ultradeb oh I didn't mean that the people themselves made it bad. I meant that large projects are bound to be more and more desensitized from their audiences due to how big they are (so you're not gonna be able to handle millions of feature requests coming in every day), and due to the fact that stakes got too high to upset anyone - be it the userbase or stakeholders.
Birsite is of course an exception because instead of being frozen by its size, it is actively destroying itself
Birsite is of course an exception because instead of being frozen by its size, it is actively destroying itself
KBSez ✅It didn’t take me long at all but this is all I hear elsewhere is it’s hard to use and figure out.
Manpageman
whyJoe@manpageman @kbsez @ultradeb I only had difficulty finding a server for a bit, as the first few I tried weren't accepting new users. There was also no overt indicator of that many times, except the lack of a signup button.
Eventually, I joined the server George Takei used, lol, and all is going great
FalconJoe@manpageman @kbsez @ultradeb I find it a bit annoying that despite how many replies there may be to a post the reply button always says 1.
@thefalcon @manpageman @ultradeb
I think back to the early days of twitter and 90% of the cool features and smooth elements were definitely not there. We used to have to manually retweet by copy/paste and typing in the RT.
Despite everything and all the work put in on it already, Mastodon is still evolving.
laurapersisterYeah, At first I thought it was all about the server you picked and it was hard to communicate with or follow folks on other servers but it's not--- not at all.
with a tool like movetodon.org I was able to keep checking and following folks ----
But there is still that impression from common folk. Make no mistake, the people already on Mastodon are early adopters and tech oriented people for the most part.
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Steve WhiteThe "choose an instance" and "follow interesting people" seem to be very challenging for many people.
@stwhite @ultradeb I think that people might get overwhelmed by the large choice of instances (I doubt people believe the oft-written advice 'it doesn't matter where you start')... and then find many not taking new users at the moment.
I signed up for an approval and never heard back after weeks and forgot about it. Eventually I found an interesting instance that was taking users.
TeamTrudeau🙂🇨🇦TeamPete🐝🌅
Toni Widmo@ultradeb That kind of matches my experience of twatter.
yaniv@ultradeb brilliant
Viss@ultradeb yaaaaaaaas bring back the days of needing to know how to fuck around with irq jumpers and modems to get online. that natural filter worked pretty well
DillaClare@ultradeb Xackly🙂
Bert Latamore@ultradeb
Roflol That about sums it up.
Roflol That about sums it up.
MSG4EU@ultradeb I’ve figured it out 👍🏼
Gary Guss@ultradeb secret nerd base!
BennyJ504@ultradeb definitely no one cuz I'm trying to find a community on here lol. Just seeing random posts which is cool for now, but...
Nona Rose@ultradeb I purposefully haven’t told anyone in real life about my mastodon account. If they wanted to they could find me but I’d rather keep them separate. That’s what I have FB for. That’s where I keep my real world friends. My online friends are here and the birdsite. They overlap a little on Insta.
Jason (no more, no less)@ultradeb 😂 that's golden!
Buttersnatcher@ultradeb Almost like with Warez... Running away from the "cool" tech for the newest that no one else is muddying
Karen and Oliver@ultradeb i don’t understand why people find it so confusing. It’s quite simple.
Stephen T.@ultradeb I do not wish to be found, thx.
Kris Elaine Nguyen@ultradeb I’m not sure it’s for me.
Alpha Geek Daddy J@ultradeb why does this comment make me long for the heyday of Usenet
Adam Grant@ultradeb oh my god. It's true!
Julia@ultradeb I keep hearing from other people how difficult it is to the point that I’m worried I’m doing it wrong because I took to it too easily…
Kenneth@ultradeb Real life?
@Kencf618033 Point taken. 😂
Matt@ultradeb I really don’t get why some people apparently find Mastodon difficult to use/understand. What’s wrong with them?
Bea Res@ultradeb
🤣 Same here.
🤣 Same here.
mbskis
Gabriel Oliveira@ultradeb give a look on this: https://userstyles.world/style/4773/mastodon-modern
Jennifer Slack@ultradeb
Being new to Mastodon feels like taking a trip on your own in a strange and wonderful foreign land
Being new to Mastodon feels like taking a trip on your own in a strange and wonderful foreign land
@JenniferSlack It’s so nice and chill over here. The first thing I look at when I wake up now is #Mosstodon.
Mᴀʏᴀ 
@ultradeb This!
Clara Listensprechen@ultradeb Sounds like you need to get out more, ha. :-}}
@claralistensprechen I’d actually like to get out LESS! I need way more Cheetos-on-the-couch time, I swear to god.
@ultradeb That definitely truncates your real-life-people set considerably.
Roel 🇺🇦🔻❤💚🏳️🌈🍆🍑🦄@ultradeb I hate real life!
Concerned Citizen
😂 agree
Sam Adams@ultradeb I don't know why people think it's complicated. I've been here two weeks and I've only had to consult my old college calculus books twice.
Tina@ultradeb 😂🤣 It’s great, isn’t it? 😉😆
Sirpushalot
i need a coffee@ultradeb this right here. this is a fact! you sir are brilliant
Bob Smith@ultradeb uh…. ma’am i meant. uff da.
DianneVotes💙@ultradeb I told some friends I'd help them get started, and now I'm like, "Nah!"
@sloopyy No way, don't do it!
Squish@ultradeb I keep thinking I should suggest it to friends, and then I realize that I love not having anyone I actually know in real life in my feed.