"Imagine you signed up for a sort of reverse-email address where your sent emails landed on a public page that anyone who knew your address could read if they wanted to and even follow you for more."

Is this a sensible pitch for what Mastodon is? It keeps rattling around in my brain, and yes I know it's oversimplified and skips moderation and stuff.

But I'm seeing the "pick an instance!" step of onboarding just completely paralyzing folks. Including, at one point, me.