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this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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The problem is: ditch it and go where?
There isn't a place yet that has unified all public announcements like twitter does.
Threads is in a good place for that, but it's been a week. And it's Facebook 🤮
Mastodon, why not, but the mess that are instances isn't helping newcomers feel comfortable on there.
What do you mean by this? Do instances on Mastodon work differently?
Nope but the general use is going to be overwhelmed by the idea of instances.
I'm a techie and I had to spend a good amount of time reading about how it all works before I felt comfortable joining here. So the average user would probably just give up and use something else.
The email comparison is definitely the best one I've seen so far but I still don't think it'll stick with people.
I'm pretty dumb when it comes to digital architecture/infrastructure and I didn't really have an issue with Lemmy/Kbin, I think it comes down a lot to how you explain it.
Maybe ISPs is an okay comparison? Most of us are on different ISPs but we access the same internet.
It's probably more productive to just ignore the technical details. Half the country seems to believe they're buying "wi-fi" nowadays.
Just stick with "try Mastodon" or "try Lemmy" and let the non-technical folk build whatever mental model suits them best.