Curious what you all thought for what things like Lemmy, Revolt, Mastodon, PeerTube, Bluesky, Flashes, etc would need to be able to grow fast and well to get many users joining up
Because it’s high time everyone drops all the way less than ideal platforms/apps/websites/news sources
I’ll add on too:
Content creators that are engaging, clear, & entertaining explaining things with great videos showing Fediverse, etc stuff will help in various ways
It all needs to get a lot less complex and confusing. I know the complexity is a byproduct of the defederated nature of the whole thing, but it’s also the primary thing limiting growth. The fediverse is never going to grow to anything other than a tiny niche if it isn’t immediately understandable to people who have 0 background in tech.
i think normies could understand federation no problem if they really wanted, just like they did with email.
Best way to explain is probably not explain at all in the beginning and let them create an account in a well federated instance. That will not make them confused and learn by using it.
i think some explanation is a good idea.
https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/
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So phtn.app and vger.app are things you’ve said out loud to another human are they? And how did that go?
The linked Reddit thread has a lot of comments showing that it went quite well for a lot of people
Pretty good actually
They appreciated having a real alternative to apps that are turning out way less than ideal
They said they were having trouble learning about different aspects of it but will learn it overtime
My thoughts:
There is probably real power in just letting others be empowered by a better app, & letting them learn the ropes and what it is as they use it
The greatest teacher for anything is knowing the bare essentials, & then doing it no?
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