Heather BuchelJul 17, 2023

Related to this (and considering the language we use to "explain" Mastodon) https://hachyderm.io/@hbuchel/110731743039964815

One issue that I'm not sure what the solution is: Most of my friends probably wouldn't have a server in mind to join. I can direct them to mastodon.social. But switching instances isn't straight forward. And once you acknowledge to them that instances have their own maintainers, that becomes a point of hesitation. (What if it goes away?)

Heather Buchel (@[email protected])

I feel like if you ever sat through a usability session (where a complete stranger tries to accomplish a task in your software, usually without someone telling them exactly how to do it) you probably wouldn't be surprised that so many people were turned off from Mastodon because it didn't immediately make sense to them.

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@hbuchel this instance had a bit of an admin change, and their stance on defense rating Threads is too fair to Meta in my opinion. But where do I go if I’m not staying here?
Jul 17, 2023 at 11:30pmWeb
Show threadHeather BuchelJul 18, 2023
@c0dec0dec0de TBH no idea. I think a lot of instances are going the "wait and see" route.