Gregory's Server@torb I think this is really complicated and there aren't just two categories of people in the world. I follow quite a few people I wouldn't classify as more tech savvy than average and I wouldn't actually find this place very interesting if I didn't.
Honestly the most aggressive "it's too hard" people I've ever seen are also way above average techies. And then they go and set up some DNS records to get a name on bsky and talk about how it's the best thing since sliced bread because AOC is there.
Most other people bounce for more mundane reasons IME. Usually simple (but hard to solve) network effect and/or abuse stuff.
Techies can be the most ridiculously cynical people about what "normal people" can do imo. People will jump through a lot of hoops to go where the people are, and that remains the real problem for every nascent social network, including the fediverse.
@megmac It’s a combination of things for sure. The network effect stuff just makes it even more important that it’s relatively easy to get into.
As for implying it’s cynical to recognize that it’s difficult, I couldn’t disagree more. Frankly I found it a bit difficult myself at times.
But mostly my impression is based on people telling me it’s difficult. I think it’s reasonable to believe them!
I will say things have certainly improved tho! I feel like I can tell people to sign up to Mastodon and peope have a pretty good chance of signing up.
@megmac It’s a combination of things for sure. The network effect stuff just makes it even more important that it’s relatively easy to get into.
As for implying it’s cynical to recognize that it’s difficult, I couldn’t disagree more. Frankly I found it a bit difficult myself at times.
But mostly my impression is based on people telling me it’s difficult. I think it’s reasonable to believe them!