Comment on Is the Fediverse Too Complex? Can It Embrace Simplicity Without Losing Its Identity?
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Yar. Simplify or die (I hope not)
Choosing an instance has gotta be culled. Can be reintroduced for users who get comfortable with the platform though perhaps. Or use external sources to determine a user’s default instance (like communities can try to earn Default credits for instance, then users will be defaulted to those instances).
Wonder if anybody tracking how much the funnel shrinks at the “choose an instance” step.
Potential Simplification Strategies for the Fediverse
Courtesy an LLM eh? 😉
Zak@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The trouble with that is having many instances is the core trait that makes it a federated system.
There are certainly ways to de-emphasize that step during onboarding; an onboarding site that picks an instance from a curated set of general-purpose instances would be a good way. Bad ways include joinmastodon.org making mastodon.social the default, and join-lemmy.org asking a couple questions and presenting a list.
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
i downloaded the official mastdodon app and chose by the rules of the instance, now i use megaladon and toot.io is federated with facebool…