One of the things that I miss on the Fediverse as compared to, say, Facebook is all the people that I know from my real life.
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One of the things that I miss on the Fediverse as compared to, say, Facebook is all the people that I know from my real life. This is something I want to solve!
Do you have experience in recruiting people to the Fediverse? If so, what arguments did you use? What help did they need? Tell me everything that you feel related to this mission.
Boost are very much appreciated :3
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@Sagaliciouzzz @StingrayBadger I'm not so experienced with content discovery because I followed a large community here. But one tip I saw and never forgot: Don't tell them to sign up to Mastodon, tell them to sign up for fribygda.no, or whatever other server you think is good. Find them an instance. Even tech people agonize over this detail.
Don't worry about telling them how the fediverse works until they've signed up and started to discover people. Keep it basic, compare the username@domain format to email providers. -
Excellent suggestions! My experience is that it's also useful to set expectations: it is a bit more complicated than Facebook, and saying "oh it's easy" backfires because it makes people feel stupid. And, if there's an app you like, it's good to suggest it -- people default to the official app but it's not great. Also, FediTips has a lot of resources including this "tips for getting started" page https://fedi.tips/
As for convincing people to try it ...
* if they're frustrated with Facebook then I've had decent (although not great) results with "here's something else, it's not completely a replacement yet but I'm spending time there and enjoying it, you might like it too, I'm happy to help get you started."
* For my trans, queer, and non-binary friends and acquaintances I highlight that there are a LOT of trans, queer, and non-binary people here -- as well as a general pro-LGBTQ attitude, and a lot of history.
* if it's somebody who uses a screenreader i talk about the alt-text culture here (and share https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-accessibility-resources/ with them)
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@Sagaliciouzzz These are people you know in person?
Show them things here that they'd like, admit up front "yeah, it's a little more complicated to get started," and add, "but once you get going it's worth it."
They need something that actively catches their interest. And for most, it's about the content - what's already here. Find _that_.
If they nibble, _handhold them through every step_. Seriously. Baby them. Help them fill out their follows. Make it _incredibly easy_, since by default, it's _not_. Particularly show the hashtag following and maybe the hashtag relay.
(see: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/113809361069815713 )
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