Gregory's Server@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.
@torb @megmac the issue is in part stuff like *this*- simply me trying to reply to this means loading up my *actual* residence instance just to reply.
the dns record thing- i agree with, but that's not why people prefer bsky. they prefer bsky because it feels like a "best hits" of twitter UX, vs Mastodon's incredibly functional suite (if you have the time to learn all the offputting quirks that introduce tremendous friction for no reason and have no obvious solution)