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> Get a VPS with an nginx image pre-installed You probably already lost 90% of 'normies'. Most people won't be able to or willing to do that on their own. The

by emaro 7mo ago

> Get a VPS with an nginx image pre-installed You probably already lost 90% of 'normies'. Most people won't be able to or willing to do that on their own. They could learn it of course, but they don't bother. https://xkcd.com/2501/ https://xkcd.com/2501/

Torwald 7mo ago
Make it 100%. I consider myself relatively "geeky", but I couldn't explain neither what a VPS or an nginx image is. "Normies" are people who are not sure whether the photos they took today with their phone are "on the phone" or "in the cloud" or maybe on the laptop also? Or what? Go from there to "nginx", I'll wait and don't hold my breath.
- stvltvs 7mo ago
  Or delete old photos because their phone is slow. Techies really overestimate the correctness of the mental models non-techies walk around with.
silvestrov 7mo ago
closer to 99.9%
autoexec 7mo ago
The reality is much much easier. You just google "I want a website" or "give me a .com" and click links until you get some free website builder or a webhosting company who will take your credit card and give you very easy to follow directions to choose a domain name and then takes you right into their online builder where everything is super user friendly and not much different than leaving a post on a social media platform. Most people would absolutely be able to get a website. It might be the best way to do it, but it would get done.
- 3form 7mo ago
  after >will take your credit card I expected you will go on with a joke how they will get scammed out of their money. But then you went on and it made me think: people in question also trust these big name platforms. If they have just enough grit to try something on their own, they have, usually, enough of healthy view on themselves to know that they aren't sure how can they make this safely.
wink 7mo ago
Also lost 1/3 of developers who have no interest in self-hosting on the open net.
rembal 7mo ago
For a normal person, the only real words in this sentence are "get", "with", and "image", but the last one does not mean what they would think it means. Even WIX needs some level of tech savviness, usually beyond 90% small business owners. And Instagram? Well, one of the main points of having a restaurant is to tell your friends about it, so the Instagram profile is more important than actually having a real restaurant.

by emaro 7mo ago

Torwald 7mo ago

Make it 100%. I consider myself relatively "geeky", but I couldn't explain neither what a VPS or an nginx image is. "Normies" are people who are not sure whether the photos they took today with their phone are "on the phone" or "in the cloud" or maybe on the laptop also? Or what? Go from there to "nginx", I'll wait and don't hold my breath.

stvltvs 7mo ago
Or delete old photos because their phone is slow. Techies really overestimate the correctness of the mental models non-techies walk around with.

silvestrov 7mo ago

closer to 99.9%

autoexec 7mo ago

The reality is much much easier. You just google "I want a website" or "give me a .com" and click links until you get some free website builder or a webhosting company who will take your credit card and give you very easy to follow directions to choose a domain name and then takes you right into their online builder where everything is super user friendly and not much different than leaving a post on a social media platform. Most people would absolutely be able to get a website. It might be the best way to do it, but it would get done.

3form 7mo ago
after >will take your credit card I expected you will go on with a joke how they will get scammed out of their money. But then you went on and it made me think: people in question also trust these big name platforms. If they have just enough grit to try something on their own, they have, usually, enough of healthy view on themselves to know that they aren't sure how can they make this safely.

wink 7mo ago

Also lost 1/3 of developers who have no interest in self-hosting on the open net.

rembal 7mo ago

For a normal person, the only real words in this sentence are "get", "with", and "image", but the last one does not mean what they would think it means. Even WIX needs some level of tech savviness, usually beyond 90% small business owners. And Instagram? Well, one of the main points of having a restaurant is to tell your friends about it, so the Instagram profile is more important than actually having a real restaurant.