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 @tmmo @Gargron @jt_ishie But how are they going to learn Mastodon culture if they’re on a newbie farm filled with people who do not know Mastodon culture? Imagine they’re all fresh from Twitter, behave as if they’re all still on Twitter and conclude “Oh well, Mastodon is just like Twitter!” That’s a recipe for disaster. I think may sysadmins would just defederate the newbie instance anyway. 3 comments
@tmmo @Gargron @jt_ishie That may lead to less confusion for the individual, but it does not solve the catch-22 that one needs to be immersed in a culture to experience and adopt it. Put newbies on a newbie farm and a newbie culture will develop there. IMO the strength of Mastodon is precisely that different instances house different communities with different mores. The aim should be to guide newbies to an instance that is appropriate for them. @ArtHarg @tmmo @Gargron @jt_ishie I’ve seen an intake procdure where I was asked a couple of questions about what I was interested in and what sort of ‘environment’ I would like. I got some proposals and checking out the local timelines gave me a feeling for the community there. Maybe prospective users should me made aware that this is how one is supposed to enter the Fediverse. Shape expectations and guide them. |
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@ArtHarg @Gargron @jt_ishie design it so after ‘x’ time or ‘x’ interactions, some messaging occurs that it’s ‘time to choose a federation’. Some will have done it manually anyway, but hopefully most will have had enough interaction for this to feel less confusing.