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> The benefit is you get to create one account that you can use in many groups/circles Like an email address! More seriously, fair point about the comparison
by PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
> The benefit is you get to create one account that you can use in many groups/circles
Like an email address!
More seriously, fair point about the comparison to Whatsapp. But that gets at why I think this is the wrong direction to start from.
My gut instinct is that if you want what I think people want, then neither Twitterlikes nor Whatsapp/Telegramlikes are where to start (they do, however, serve as a series of lessons in UX and much more).
- BeetleB 2y ago> Like an email address! Except I cannot send an email to the whole world, as I angrily learned after switching to email from BBS's ;-) Also, there is a reason every explanation of Mastodon says something to the effect of "your handle is like an email address - it's tied to a provider" :-)
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoBut email addresses are not inextricably tied to a provider at all. Mine - paul@linuxaudiosystems.com or paul@ardour.org - have no relationship to whoever handles my email. The fact that everybody got conned/tricked/was too lazy to NOT use @gmail.com doesn't really change that fact. By contrast, Mastodon handles are truly tied to a server. As for sending email to the whole world, let me know how to toot to the whole world, I'd like know :)
- BeetleB 2y ago> But email addresses are not inextricably tied to a provider at all. Details, details. They are for 99% of people on the planet :-) > As for sending email to the whole world, let me know how to toot to the whole world, I'd like know. You send a toot, and anyone in the world can see it. Sure, it doesn't show up in their inbox, but email doesn't have an equivalent.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y agoIf a toot lands in a forest, and nobody hears it, did it actually land? :)