The Newcomer's Guide to Mastodon, from a Crusty Old-Timer (wedistribute.org)

submitted 1 year ago by imattau@m.freespace.nohost.me to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://m.freespace.nohost.me/post/2872

'If you’re reading this, chances are that you’ve just signed up for Mastodon. Or, perhaps you’re thinking about trying it out, or have at least heard other people mention it. There are many guides out...'

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[-] gelberhut@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Started reading it. Reached "The first thing to do after signing up is to get verified.". This steps described that I need to paste special html code on my website.

A regular person will stop here and go to twitter.

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I thought verification was specifically NOT required on Mastodon?

[-] gelberhut@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I do not know, but this guide is not friendly for new wide audience. BTW, the next step there is setting up stream settings. But I still have no idea why I should create an account, what I can do with it and how to start - i.e. how to find whom to follow (twitter addresses this issue pretty effective).

[-] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Tbh, I tried Mastodon when everyone was raving about it, and even with a guide I couldn't make sense of it.

Lemmy is a little bit confusing to begin with as I'm not overly familiar with the fediverse, but at least it's easy to get the hang of if you've ever used Reddit. Mastodon seemed like a nightmare to navigate, but maybe it's easier now, I don't know.

[-] kabe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Signing up is a piece of cake - this guide just seems to include steps that most users won't need, for some reason.

[-] Tag365@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Do you think that's overly complicated for the tutorial? It should be easy to make it more simple.

[-] gelberhut@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. I think a tutorial should be simple and follow steps a new user should do this sequence touching more details later. Starting with why this could be interesting and what this brings.

I also find generic thesis that instance dies not matter rather misleading. At least for Lemmy.