How to create an account on #WSocial in 13 easy steps:

1️⃣ choose a username
2️⃣ choose a password
3️⃣ choose your interests
4️⃣ download the #WIdentity app to your phone (two options: Apple AppStore or Google Play Store)
5️⃣ scan a QR code
6️⃣ create a PIN code
optional: enable biometrics; re-enter PIN
7️⃣ choose whether you simply want to verify that you're human or if you also want to verify your name
8️⃣ choose the verification method (automatic photo review, request a manual review or scan your passport chip)
9️⃣ scan your passport's picture page
1️⃣0️⃣ scan your passport's chip
1️⃣1️⃣ take a selfie
1️⃣2️⃣ scan a QR code to link the W Identity to your W Social account
1️⃣3️⃣ enter your PIN code

Congratulations, you're verified*!

(* for two years)

Demonstration in all its simple glory here:

📺​: https://inv.nadeko.net/Vcq4MiabpEQ

Please save this toot as reference if you ever hear somebody say that IT'S TOO COMPLICATED TO JOIN THE FEDIVERSE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO PICK A SERVER 🤡​

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@elena People who say it’s too complicated to join the fediverse shouldn’t even use a computer, let alone the Web.
@hyblon I can do perfectly well on a computer and 'the web'. People who say it is too complicated to join the fediverse are not per se stupid you know. They just might have a problem with the specific language used. We're not all IT nerds.
@Catha If one can read can join an instance. I found harder to join tiktok.
@hyblon I can't compare. I only have Mastodon and never will have anything else.
And it has nothing to do with can or can not read. If you don't understand what's meant then it is hard.
Come and read some of the specific words of the branche I worked in. You wouldn't understand, even if you can read.
@Catha we're losing the topic here. We're talking about people saying that it is hard to choose a server and then do all the acrobatic jumps to join something like wsocial. It's fun.