“Now when new users join Mastodon from the mobile app, they may see a button to “join” a recommended server rather than the default “join mastodon.social” button that’s currently displayed.” Wow. Didn’t know that mentioning a server adds complexity. The bar is very low nowadays with all things digital.
Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse
Submitted 1 day ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to fediverse@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/tech/881352/mastodon-default-server-recommendations-experiment
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running_system@feddit.org 1 day ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
People won’t read what’s in front of them and then complain when something doesn’t work.
I had someone tell me, people don’t read the things he writes.
That same person then proceeded to not read instructions I had written for something they needed to do and they did it wrong.
Edit: If it’s not a 10s tiktok clip it’s too much nowadays.
slampisko@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I wonder why people see selecting a server as a hurdle when that’s exactly what they’re asked to do when making an email address
ICastFist@programming.dev 17 hours ago
People don’t know what choosing a server entails, because it does matter and a lot of people aren’t exactly helpful when they say “just pick any” or “it’s like email”
Server choice matters because:
- Server might federate with a limited number of other servers;
- Server might be blacklisted by some servers which you might want to interact with;
- Servers can be running different versions of software, so people might think about security;
- Servers can go offline
- Server choice can significantly impact how people perceive you. “Oh look, another tankie from ml”
So, server choice matters and people coming in from corporate shit don’t know how much they need to know to make an informed decision, thus giving up.
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 day ago
Problem is, younger people don’t even do that when they make an email address.
They just “create a Gmail”.
The internet has become such a sad place.
OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
I initially looked up a few servers, then I chose one with decent size and no prohibitive policies. Less than 24 hours after creating the account I got banned without reason. I appealed. No answer.
I guessed I was just unlucky, so I found another decent looking server. After creating an account, it took around 2-3 hours and I was banned. I appealed. No answer.
I guess the username was a bit too random andmaybe looked like it was created by a bot. It had a lot of random letters, but it was my usual username. I would assume an appeal would sort it out. Or atleast lead me to an answer.
So my third attempt, I chose another server which looked fine and created a user with a simpler username. A few months later, the server shut down.
So now I’m on my 4th account.
It’s not like it was a huge hassle to create the accounts, but it’s also not like the system is without issues.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
Boy I don’t need the childrape administration to declassify extraterrestrial UFO documents when I can talk to space aliens right here on Lemmy. That’s not how email works and if you were a placental mammal you’d know that.
You don’t go to email.org, click Join and arrive on a page that says “Thank you for your interest in Email: the open, federated, ethical, cage-free non-instant text messaging standard of the web! To continue, select one of these 44 providers based on a badly rendered logo and three almost identical bullet points. Don’t worry, the decision doesn’t matter…well it kinda does, for reasons that aren’t going to be explained to you up front, so pick one at random, get the lay of the land, then come back and join for real.”
No, the majority of people ended up with an email account while signing up for another service, such as gmail accounts for Android users or icloud accounts for iPhone users. You probably have an outlook account if you use Windows (or if you’re a certain age, a hotmail account). If you’re a dad, you have an email account from your ISP, or you got one from work or school. If you sought out something beyond that, like Protonmail or hosting on your own domain, you started looking for a provider with some shopping criteria in mind.
fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
It is simple: nowadays security awareness is drilled in for most of the online population. If presented by a choice people can’t oversee, the default safest option is not to chose. I mean, how many new Mastodon users know any of these servers?
So, as couter-intuitive or even ironic it may seem, the “problem” is choice. People need to learn that social media is no longer a single entity, but more like email or choosing a bank.
kutt@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Well I was used to MMOs with different servers and I thought I’d have to create an account for each if I wanted to be with my friends. I didn’t know Mastodon was NOT a mere Twitter alternative, and I wasn’t familiar with the concept of the fediverse.
hanrahan@piefed.social 6 hours ago
The bar is very low nowadays with all things digital
Yes, Apple users be like this.
I don’t know how people ever figured out how to make a phone call to a friend on a different Telco /s :)
desmosthenes@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
any improvements are always welcome; average users have become accustomed to seamless onboarding - primarily on mobile
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I used to visit the verge all the time, but their paywalls have gotten so aggressive, I just wrote them off.
MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I get it, but also the internet sucks these days and it’s hard to make money on advertising alone. I can’t blame a reputable journal for asking for money to see the articles they publish, and since I tolerate all sorts of patreon business models, I have to be realistic in thinking that this is going to be the only path forward for real journalism. It’s a shame, but it just seems to have worked out this way.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I can’t blame a reputable journal for asking for money to see the articles they publish
lol is the verge a “journal”? GTFO bro
propublica is about as “real journalism” as it gets, and i’ve never been blocked by a paywall with them
staying in business is the business’s problem, not the consumer’s problem
paywall = close tab
period
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I get it, but reader-funded journalism is always better than advertiser-funded. But if the reporting isn’t worth paying for to you, I don’t blame you for skipping them. I feel the same way some times. One article might be worth paying for but I’m not so interested in what they report to justify a full subscription.
muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 1 day ago
archive.md<ur URL> bypasses almost all pay walls and things
Artafernes@lemmus.org 19 hours ago
Its already easy l think but okay nice.
roserose56@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
same! Find an instance, sing up and access through app or browser!
Artafernes@lemmus.org 6 hours ago
Yup
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 1 day ago
Please stop using archive . today and its other domains.
In the past, they prevented Cloudflare DNS users from resolving the site, because Cloudflare didn’t forward EDNS data that would allow Archive.today to dox users.
And recently, they embedded malicious DDOS code into their captcha that would cause visitors to unknowingly DDOS someone.
They are extremely shady and no one should be using them.
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I’d take an alternative if you’ve got one. Otherwise, unless there’s a serious change for the worse, I’m probably going to keep posting them. Sorry!
Dequei@piefed.social 1 day ago
Hmmm, thats why mullvad is blocking them?
realitista@lemmus.org 14 hours ago
I’m glad they are taking steps to make the platform more accessible. This will make a difference if people can be convinced to give it another try.