David GravanitaApr 7, 2017

Also: am I the only one who interpreted the closing down of the flagship mastodon.social instance from sign ups as near treasonous to the platform's future? It creates confusion, makes the process of acquiring users more difficult, and makes the core product worse because of the issues that stem from federating between instances.

Yes, maybe it'll be good for the federated network, you never want a single instance to dominate, but the federation's interests are not the same as the networks'

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@dgdas9 we just have to accept some people aren't bright and won't figure it out by looking at it. And that's okay
Show threadDavid GravanitaApr 7, 2017
@JThorne Why do you think every social network makes painfully easy to sign up? It's more difficult than you think to gain an audience, and a social network is only successful it can create a big and/or dedicated audience (preferably and, not or). Any step that makes sign ups more difficult or confusing will necessarily result in less users, which because of network effects means a worse platform for all of us.
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@dgdas9 the problem is it is a fairly complex system for the general user to grasp at first. And that's okay. It's not entirely meant for them. Yes devs could make it less complex but then it doesn't necessarily stand out as much to the people who actually care.
Apr 7, 2017 at 6:19pmWeb