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donuts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I think that’s too simplified and it will create expectations that aren’t true, because It’s more like this:

Choose instance

Read & agree to Mastadon rules
Read & agree to (instance) privacy terms
Create account
Tap the verification link in your email
Solve the Captcha
Get a list of people/users to follow (why these people? What is it based on?)
Setup profile
Done!

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cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Most of those are all really simple, common things that are done when creating accounts on any service though. If Mastodon is literally the first service you’ve ever signed up for in your life maybe that’s justified but most people have made an account somewhere before.

And that’s the point OP is trying to make. It’s a very familiar process, except for step 1, which you can literally just ignore and pick the big highlighted blue button and avoid that scary and confusing “Pick another server” button if you’re not up to it.

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homoludens@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

This “guide” is a bit of a joke made out of frustration.

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- donuts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  The real guide is still either outdated or doesn’t take into account that there’s a lot more steps. But considering it’s been 2 years, I don’t hold that against the author
  
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  - lgsp@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I think your steps from 2 to 8 are summed up in
    
    Create an account. Just like Twitter (or any other social media).
    
    Meaning that those are not any different than what you need to do in Twitter or facebook. Actually the consents you need and the app permissions are much simpler in Mastodon case
    
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