Veebs
@thomasfuchs good grief. Ive had five people this same week tell me they dont get how to use mastodon and are flummoxed when I say, theres two steps, sign up for a large obvious instance, then follow 100 people. the rest is as you like and you can change it later.
presenting this as overcomplicated is just understated gatekeeping
PJ Coffey
Do you feel mastodon.social is doing a good job with moderation?
Will adding a constant stream of people help this?
Studio 8502 :verified:
@thomasfuchs I don’t particularly feel invested in what strategy gets used to take eyeballs away from Muskrat, as long as the result is his humiliation.
PJ Coffey
As I understand it, at its current size, mastodon.social is the largest server.
Current rate of growth of Mastodon, but now it's all on social. Seems like those are big numbers to stay on top of.
Can they keep up with the moderation? They seem to be struggling now, but maybe that's just my perception.
If you tell me, "PJ they'll manage fine." Then I'll believe you. You're far better informed than me but honestly that seems like it's not part of the plan.
Missing The Point
@thomasfuchs https://mastodon.social/@MissingThePt/109412263931368289
Jamie Lendino
@thomasfuchs I think you've nailed this. I don't know if it will actually work either, but defaulting to a server is the best idea I've heard so far.
This whole debate is giving me vibes like, "Linux on the desktop is awesome, and if you don't like the distro you can install 100 others--just pick any one you want to start." You get the enthusiasts, but it's not how you get to mass adoption.
Veebs
@thomasfuchs I think youre just being argumentative for the sake of it in this case, I was saying the same thing as you. step one is join an instance. Cant remove that step. Follow 100 people is the only thing that made mastodon useable for me. Cant remove that step.
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