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submitted 9 months ago by blue_berry@feddit.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

TL;DR: The current Mastodon-signup is only removing the confusion of users on first glance, because it either hides the server-choice altogether, or leaves them with a choice that is impossible to make at this point of their Mastodon-journey. Instead, it should introduce them to decentrality on a lower scale, with a handful of handpicked servers to choose from, such that the decision makes sense to them and shows them the merits and fun of the concept instead of scaring them away. Ideal would be to give them a sense of agency. Then, chances are higher that they consider migrating again in the future and eventually internalize it as a permanent option of the digital world.

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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

I'm curious how you would explain Mastodon to a layman without mentioning Twitter.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

... without mentioning Twitter.

That seems like a pretty arbitrary restriction. At this point, a basic knowledge of "what Twitter is like" is a pretty general-knowledge thing.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago

It is a general knowledge thing, but that means nothing if you don't actually reference it.

this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023
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