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   Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:36 JST Shoq

   SOME THINGS TO KNOW:

   Mastodon:
   1) isn’t the #Fediverse
   2) was coded by mostly 1 person
   3) was not ready for a Twitter meltdown.
   4) did its best to accommodate it to help with the Muskpocalypse.
   5) has a less than optimal interface that will be improved quickly.
   6) 1/2

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     Ed Bott (edbott@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:28 JST Ed Bott

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     • Shannon Moore

     @caffeneko @shoq It's a nonprofit so no incentive to disadvantage anyone. More of a case of the instance being overwhelmed by the migration.

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     Shannon Moore (caffeneko@indieweb.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:29 JST Shannon Moore

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     • Ed Bott

     @edbott @shoq I assume the ownership of joinmastodon.org was different than ownership of instances.social - b/c the latter served a far longer list of servers with more descriptions and data. It's unfortunate that joinmastodon.org did not cross promote the other page for additional instance self-service.

     まりぞう ☑ repeated this.
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     Ed Bott (edbott@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:30 JST Ed Bott

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     @shoq There was also a discoverability issue. Most people who went to joinmastodon.org were served a very short list of instances with most of them closed to new registrants. Those that were open were mostly for niche audiences. There was no link to other directories that were open. So for non-technical people it really was baffling.

     That might have changed since then but it was the root of the "confusion over finding a server" issue.

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     Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:32 JST Shoq

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     were written by the people run them, not marketing staffs, and most Twitter users never had to think about what a community was.

     Well, now we all do. And that’s a feature of the #Fediverse, not a bug. 3/3

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     Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:33 JST Shoq

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     And one more thing about Mastodon.
     Despite all the grumbles of people who spent a couple of hours on it—if that— before there were people to follow, the most common complaint was “choosing a server” for your “first” community?

     And only because Masto wasn’t ready 1/3

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     Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:33 JST Shoq

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     for the #twittermeltdown and had no reason to be. It’s a way of life for millions, not a business to keep media companies and their staffs in tall cotton for the rest of their natural lives.

     And if was arduous to choose a community, it’s because the descriptions 2/3

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     Shoq (shoq@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 10:34:34 JST Shoq

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     has inspired other projects (including mine) that may leapfrog beyond some of its design, quickly. All while co-existing with it. Openly and productively.
     7) embraces #6 above so that open source communications can become a far better path for humanity. 2/2