>extremely competenet tech people I'm not competent with tech (I'm not a developer, just a lurker on HN) and I find Mastodon as easy as email if you understand

>extremely competenet tech people I'm not competent with tech (I'm not a developer, just a lurker on HN) and I find Mastodon as easy as email if you understand email. What are these tech people competent about? Do they understand email, at least conceptually?