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Yes, having to find an instance to join. That hurdle alone stops a large percent of casual users.
by sunflowerfly 3y ago
Yes, having to find an instance to join. That hurdle alone stops a large percent of casual users.
- madeofpalk 3y agoHow did email solve this?
- rvz 3y agoCentralization of the biggest email providers. This is why we don't see normal users (non techies) themselves self-hosting their own email servers to send a email, even though the option is there. Even if they did, the biggest email providers deal with the spam problem better than self-hosted individuals, hence why it isn't a problem for users signing up to Gmail. Mastodon will naturally gear towards centralization once the larger instances open up their instances and add defaults, ruining the whole point of federation with the biggest instances being at risk of buyouts and takeovers offers.