> But people understand how federation works. They see it happen everyday with e-mail. You just need to tell them it works like that and they'll get it. I thin

> But people understand how federation works. They see it happen everyday with e-mail. You just need to tell them it works like that and they'll get it. I think you misunderstood what I wrote. The problem is the Mastodon software is incredibly hard to use, and flaky. This has nothing to do with "understanding federation"! In fact, a few people have said, "Someone said it was just like email, but wow, it's not at all like email!". That explanation does not work for non-nerds. At all. It does not help.