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how do you measure "too complicted"?
by tcfhgj 11mo ago
how do you measure "too complicted"?
- verdverm 11mo agoDidn't measure what complicated means, these are the words people who churned use Generally the first point is server selection. That's too complicated for most users
- tcfhgj 11mo agoSomehow I doubt it is. People are capable of selecting phones, phone network providers, e-mail providers, Internet providers, but selecting a server for mastodon is too complicated? Don't buy it
- verdverm 11mo ago> Don't buy it Not listening to users is when learning stops You are making bad analogies, instead compare AP to other social media networks and what users expect when signing up
- tcfhgj 11mo ago> You are making bad analogies, instead compare AP to other social media networks and what users expect when signing up I don't. I make these analogies, because they show that almost everyone is able to deal with the complexity of selecting a service provider. I acknowledge that it is not their expected sign up flow, though, because they you can only expect what you already know.
- SoftTalker 11mo agoThat’s actually why I never tried it. Server selection. Choice paralysis. Gave up.
- tcfhgj 11mo agohow did you get internet access?
- perryizgr8 11mo agoUsually there's a couple of options for internet access based on your address, not hundreds of servers.
- SoftTalker 11mo agoYeah one choice for me, the local cable company. But for mastodon, even if it technically "doesn't matter" nobody stops there. You see things written like "The hardest part of getting started on Mastodon is the first step,"[1] They talk about chosing a server based on region, language, topics of interest, or which ones your friends use. I've even some mention that your server choice can signal your political leanings. I don't worry about any of those things when I choose an email provider or ISP. [1] https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-pick-a-mastodon-server https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-pick-a-mastodon-server