Mastodon is interoperable, decentralized, operated by a nonprofit, lively, and, ACTUALLY, isn't hard to use. So why is everyone championing Threads as the main Twitter alternative?
  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The actual fedi experience for a non techy:

    1. Search Mastodon app
    2. Choose a Mastodon app, which one is the official, which one is the best, there’s so many!
    3. Instances? Why can’t I just sign up with Mastodon, what’s going on?
    4. Okay, why are these all different rules, what does this mean, and why are they all different?
    5. What am I actually signing up for? Who owns this instance, which I don’t understand the concept of? Will it randomly shut down?
    6. Who am I giving this personal data too?
    7. Okay, how do I find content, why is my feed so boring?
    8. Okay I clicked somebody’s link and it takes me to a different website, why can’t I like/reply/follow? Where am I?

    At each one of these steps, there’s a new learning curve. If it’s not easy enough for your grandma, then it needs improvement.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      Normies will not even come to mastadon so no need to dumb down the experience to grandma level. They will use Facebook or X just like they will use windows and edge. They use computers as if they were TVs, never changing any defaults even.