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   Steve Dinn (steve@social.dinn.ca)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:13:17 JST Steve Dinn

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs It's a little more than that because we all already had Instagram accounts. Of course sign-up was easy when we all had already signed up.

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     FediThing (fedithing@tech.lgbt)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:14:21 JST FediThing

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     Threads is centralised, that's inherently quicker to sign up on but inherently more dangerous for the user.

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     Steve Dinn (steve@social.dinn.ca)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:15:33 JST Steve Dinn

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs No, it really can't. Part of the appeal of these open source social networks is that they don't depend on any third parties for anything.

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     FediThing (fedithing@tech.lgbt)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:21:16 JST FediThing

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     I mean... with a centralised system there is never going to be a step where you choose a server.

     With decentralised systems there's always going to be server choice in some way or other. It's always going to be an additional step or option.

     If someone joins a platform because they can sign up in seconds, they are going to end up paying for it over the years with a network that suffers from bad governance. We've seen the horrible stuff Facebook has done.

     It's like microwaveable meals are inherently quicker to prepare than fresh food, but they carry a significant health cost in the long run.

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     FediThing (fedithing@tech.lgbt)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:23:31 JST FediThing

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     I just think we shouldn't be prioritising speed of sign-up over good governance and user empowerment.

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     FediThing (fedithing@tech.lgbt)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:26:35 JST FediThing

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     That's a flaw though? If you make the largest server the default, you are centralising the network, raising risk of bad governance.

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     ℹ️❤️🖥 aka Compy-chan (ilovecomputers@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:36:31 JST ℹ️❤️🖥 aka Compy-chan

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs there's another important aspect of Threads to learn from: just serving you content. No need to put in a large effort to find people. The app just serves you content it thinks you'll find interesting and from there you're able to find the people you want to follow.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:38:48 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     I'm glad it's not that easy. It really isn't difficult, though.

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     ℹ️❤️🖥 aka Compy-chan (ilovecomputers@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 11:46:19 JST ℹ️❤️🖥 aka Compy-chan

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs yeah there is garbage, but surprisingly on my end it's still serving me stuff I want to see. Tho mostly because I heavily use Insta and so they know who and what topics I'm interested in.

     Now Masto doesn't have that advantage, but neither did TikTok. All you need to ask during onboarding is what your interests are.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 12:03:46 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     I'm not convinced.

     The last thing I want is to see this place become a Twitter or Facebook with every rude and obnoxious know-it-all idiot who has something to say blabbering nonsense. Requiring a functioning brain to sign up is the kind of gatekeeping I can support. 😉

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 12:08:04 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs

     So if easy-to-sign-up Threads is part of the Fediverse, problem solved, no?