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El Duvelle

@FediThing @FediFollows @dansup
First, thank you for your work on this! We all really appreciate it!

The problem with something that "people just need to ask around and discover" is that it requires effort and initiative on the part of the user. The reason why people seem to love those Starter Packs is that it requires no effort. This is another example where Mastodon / the fediverse requires more effort than their competition and it is one of the things that drive people away.

If there was a way to convert your curated accounts into public Lists that people could follow in one-click, that would be really great. Until then it just makes sense from a human point of view that people will prefer a "starter pack" to having to go to a separate website, look for a theme they like, then, copy paste individual account names into their mastodon app and click follow (*100 times or more). 😕

12 November at 12:00 | Wall-to-wall | Open on neuromatch.social
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FediThing 🏳️‍🌈

@elduvelle

That's not what people are saying though.

They're not saying Fedi starter packs should be one click. If they were, I'd agree with them, it would be great.

They're saying Fedi starter packs don't exist at all.

12 November at 12:03 | Open on social.chinwag.org
El Duvelle

@FediThing
I guess it depends if you consider that the one-click is a defining feature of a starter pack or not; I would say it is. But I also agree with you that we should advertise the Fedi directory and other similar things more, since that's the only thing that we have for now.

12 November at 12:07 | Open on neuromatch.social
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