I would updoot that line of thinking, and award you Lemmy Gold.

I’m pretty stupid and don’t like reading big walls of text but I was able to work out the basics lying in bed with one eye open, and had started subbing to communities by the time I was having my first morning coffee.

Sure, I ended up changing my mind on instances a couple of times and now have a few dupe accounts, but I was good to go after about three days of playing around. And again, I’m stupid and easily distracted.

I haven’t seen many barriers to entry except with the first couple of instances I remember being linked to when this whole debacle began. Most of the instances I’ve joined since have been as simple as making a Reddit account.

There’s nothing elitist or unreasonable about this. Lots of friendly people to help them if they need some direction or getting up to speed.