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But which instance should I choose? I'm not being sarcastic. It's just really easy to use most other social networks. I go to twitter.com or facebook.com or w

But which instance should I choose? I'm not being sarcastic. It's just really easy to use most other social networks. I go to twitter.com or facebook.com or whatsapp, and I make an account. Mastadon is not user friendly. It's like which instance do I choose, does that instance align with my values, does that instance interconnect with all the servers I want to interconnect with, does that instance interconnect with servers that I don't want to interconnect with, will that instance be available in 20 years and I will lose all my connections if it doesn't? My perception of signing up for mastadon is that it's a giant research project in how to sign up for mastadon that I don't have time for. I could be totally wrong and incorrect in my list of questions, but that's my perception and why I think it's unlikely that mastadon can achieve widespread adoption. If I can't easily figure out how I should sign up for it, what's going to be the catalyst for adoption?

krapp 3y ago
Whichever you want. You can even pick more than one. I don't know why you're overthinking things so much. Why are you worried about whether every instance and individual aligns with your values, or whether a server will be there in 20 years? How would Mastodon be a "giant research project for how to sign up to Mastodon?" What does that even mean? If you don't want to join Mastodon, fair enough, but you (along with a lot of people on HN) seem to be falling over yourself making it out to be much more difficult than it is.