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I’m not sure I understand how tech folks can’t contemplate the obvious confusion the average person would have around something like Mastodon. The vast majorit
by s0sa 4y ago
I’m not sure I understand how tech folks can’t contemplate the obvious confusion the average person would have around something like Mastodon. The vast majority of people don’t even understand what an “instance” is in this context without an explanation. Most people _don’t_ understand how email servers, SMTP, etc work.
- aezart 4y ago> Most people _don’t_ understand how email servers, SMTP, etc work. Yeah, I have explained to my dad many times that he can check the same email account from his tablet and his PC but he just doesn't get it. To him, his gmail is only on his tablet and his Comcast email is only on his PC and that's that.
- dugite-code 4y agoOn a simpler level everyone "gets" that their work email ends with @company.tld and their personal ends with @gmail.com. Heck we all say "at" for @ so it's easy to grasp that signing up for that involves going to these domains. Hell I explained this to my elderly mother and she got the idea straight away. So no I don't see how the confusion is obvious.
- aendruk 4y agoYep, from experience this is the way. No talk about federation and instances, just “your account is at somewhere” and choosing where is a social question not a technical one. And acknowledge that social questions are messy. “Which cafeteria table should I sit at?”