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@tomw Sincere question: Do you want non-techies (so, most humans) to be able to join the federated web without a manual? I have smart, kind, thoughtful friends who have repeatedly tried to join and participate on mastodon, but the onboarding confusion has kept them off. There’s no need to gatekeep. 4 comments
@tomw Fair definition of gatekeeping, agreed. But blaming users is never the way to making a successful product. If a decision is asked of someone, and they aren’t given the context/info needed to feel confident making the decision, the issue is with the system, not the person.  @rcbo I agree to that extent, which is why I'm strongly in favour of having .social as a default instance in the 'official' apps, even though everyone screamed about it endlessly @tomw Ah, I may not have been active here during that debate. That’s definitely one solution! Maybe even narrowing it to three, like choosing your first Pokémon. 😆 Thanks for the earnest chat. 🙌 |
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@rcbo I think gatekeeping is going around saying "this is too hard for you", which is the opposite of what I'm doing here.
The idea that anyone needs a "manual" to make one decision is ridiculous.