Parade du Grotesque 💀@energisch_ @lauren @askfedi @FediTips
Or using their web site: fedi.tips
Fedi.Tips@ParadeGrotesque @energisch_ @lauren
"This is basic stuff the community should provide."
I have a website full of beginner's guides for Mastodon and the Fediverse:
If there's something the professor doesn't understand in the guide, ask me directly and will be happy to help directly. I will reword the guide if needed, as it is supposed to be as easy to understand as possible.
Lauren Weinstein@FediTips @ParadeGrotesque @energisch_ Why isn't that site directly promoted as the place to go, rather than all the confusing text about logging into this site and other vague statements. It should be big and bold and clearly indicated where users who don't understand any of this after following a URL to a post will know what to do next!
@lauren @ParadeGrotesque @energisch_
I don't work for Mastodon, I am just an unofficial volunteer running an independent site.
It's up to the websites of Mastodon etc to decide if they want to link to independent sites.
By the way, there are also other guides you can try too:
https://fedi.tips/what-do-i-do-next-are-there-any-other-guides-to-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
@FediTips @ParadeGrotesque @energisch_ More guides is more confusion. Users "stumbling" onto Mastodon for the first time via an external URL need to know clearly and succinctly what to do next, based on zero knowledge of noncentralized platforms.
Hippasus500 aka jwn2@energisch_ @ParadeGrotesque @FediTips @lauren
I don’t agree, Lauren. If I ran an instance (I don’t, so consider that about the worthiness of my advice <wink>), I’d promote a guide that I thought made the most sense to me.
My assumption is that people choosing my instance share at least some of my sensibilities — what appeals to me may also appeal to them.
But YMMV. So maybe I give alternatives, too.
@Hippasus500 @energisch_ @ParadeGrotesque @FediTips ProTip: Most people used to centralized social media platforms only -- and that 99.999% I'd wager -- don't care a bit about the focus of individual servers. They just want to get online and start communicating. The whole concept of "sharing my sensibilities to choose my server" is completely meaningless to most people. This is why Mastodon fails.