Talk about choosing "a community", not "a server"
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It stroke me that saying things like "First, you have to choose a comunity to join the fediverse" might be a better way to ease onboarding nwecommers than "First, you have to choose a server".
Although the latter might be technically more accurate, the former is what people might
- understand better;
- ends up being what they're really doing;
- frighten them less;
- reinforce the "community" contribution aspect;
- lead them to better understand the federated aspect as they realize that communities are not isolated and can talk to eachother.
What do you think?
"Let me know in the comments bellow..." - just kidding!
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It stroke me that saying things like "First, you have to choose a comunity to join the fediverse" might be a better way to ease onboarding nwecommers than "First, you have to choose a server".
Although the latter might be technically more accurate, the former is what people might
- understand better;
- ends up being what they're really doing;
- frighten them less;
- reinforce the "community" contribution aspect;
- lead them to better understand the federated aspect as they realize that communities are not isolated and can talk to eachother.
What do you think?
"Let me know in the comments bellow..." - just kidding!
Emphasizing moderation differences and such are things best left to discover after the user successfully lands onto the fediverse.
At the start they shouldn't even have to think about what instance they want to land on. We're approaching it with the mindset that they "want to join Lemmy/Piefed" — that's not right!
They should want to join a specific community, and the server just happens to be whatever they find first.
Let's say I like Star Trek. I shouldn't have to be redirected to startrek.website. I should be able to see the community, think "cool I want to participate", and sign up, even if where I landed happens to be feddit, db0, or a random NodeBB instance.
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I'm looking to migrate my account to another instance.
Can anyone recommend Mastodon instances with a focus on #healing or #shamanism or #spirituality ?
Failing that, somewhere where there are friendly #softwareengineers especially #Java?
Asking the #Fediverse so boosts would be appreciated!
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A new bill that (indirectly) shows the inherent value of #Mastodon and the rest of the #Fediverse.
Lawmakers want to let users sue over harmful social media algorithms https://www.theverge.com/policy/824054/algorithm-accountability-act-section-230
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I just need to tell you folks... That I _LOVE_ #Mastodon and the #Fediverse.
I know it's not perfect. I know it needs to be better and it needs to provide _much_ better safety mechanisms for vulnerable folks.
But this platform, more than any other, give _us_ the opportunity to affect change in those areas for the better.
Donate to your instance owner/runner if you can. <3
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I've gone live!
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somehow putting the name of a specific software on a domain name feels not right.
It's like having a web site called apache or nginx !
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@adriananselmo sì questa è una vecchia faccenda che interessa un po' tutto il mondo open source da tipo sempre (le litigate che ho visto fare sulle distro linux e la gente con i forconi appena sentiva vagamente sussurrare le parole Apple o Microsoft :'D)
e sì sono cose che si vedono pure con il discorso app, proprio perché ne esistono a bizzeffe (anche un bene, certo) ma anche solo il concetto di istanze, dove iscriversi ecc
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@Xabacadabra a caldo e da una che è arrivata l'altro ieri: uno dei problemi del Fediverso (Mastodon in particolare) è il classismo. Se non sposi la causa al 1000 per 100 capita spesso di essere trattatə da stupidə. Si dice tanto dei social commerciali, ma avere un'opinione diversa qui sopra genera quasi la stessa merda. Personalmente me ne frego, ma le persone hanno bisogno di leggerezza e vanno dove è facile stare. Anche solo capire che app usare per Mastodon per alcunə è complicato.
