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One big hurdle to get going is to find which instance to subscribe to. When joining twitter, you just join twitter. Now there are multiple, and I don't know the
by matsemann 5y ago
One big hurdle to get going is to find which instance to subscribe to. When joining twitter, you just join twitter. Now there are multiple, and I don't know the ramifications of which one to choose. Will I suddenly be blocked by half the instances if I choose a lesser known one?
A second hurdle is that I think most people don't want to start from scratch. I want to keep my followers and those I'm following.
- DrewADesign 5y agoAnd considering that socialization isn’t as productive without fellow socializers, we should consider the non-technical user path. For my, say, brother— the first hurdle would be processing my explanation of the distinctions between an instance, a server, and a service, plus the basics of federation. The second hurdle would be figuring out how he’ll break it to me when he gives up and re-activates his Twitter account.
- gs17 5y agoThat first hurdle has kept me from bothering with the Fediverse entirely. And instances' rules make me feel at the mercy of either the moderation or the userbase, depending on which end of the permissiveness spectrum they fall on.