#Pixelfed is getting talked about on TikTok as an alternative to #Instagram.
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@stefan @jcrabapple But how does this sound like: join mastodon but do not use the official app bc it doesn’t have the same functionality as the web browser access. Also changing the profile settings is..fun. You lend on a page for changing password
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@boby_biq Yeah, the experience could still use some polishing. But honestly, I've tried Bluesky, and for post translation they just link you to Google Translate?? Where is all that money going?
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@stefan @jcrabapple I HATE BSKY’s app it’s a big
Until recently, and until I bought a new phone (!) it looked like this: -
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@jcrabapple @stefan Sorry for hijacking your thread, I buzz off. But this is one of those pet issues of mine.
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@boby_biq @jcrabapple Hah, no worries, always enjoy a lively conversation!
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@stefan @boby_biq @jcrabapple I personally think the Bluesky mobile app is quite good. but the translation thing still hits me every time, its so bad. The way @phanpy does inline translation is so perfect I cant use anything else without feeling annoyed
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@jcrabapple @andrewmelder
New user onboarding challenges? Clearly communicate benefits of the platform for potential users. That will motivate them a bit to invest in learning. -
@yuhasz01 @jcrabapple will it?
Curious of the specific benefits you propose that would persuade the general public to make the additional effort over other streamlined and centralised services?
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Try more privacy, control over your account, less creepy garbage in your feeds, less unrequested ads, less surveillance economics practices, more focused and quality sharing and communications with people you select, etc etc.
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Let's go through them from a mass market P.O.V
- More privacy: they don't care
- Control over your account: they don't care
- Less creepy garbage in your feeds: they might care but depending on what you define as creepy and what you actually see in your feed (opposed to what other people see)
- Less ads or surveillance: they don't care
- better sharing and comms with people you care about: again maybe but people don't leave Instagram yet despite this. -
@yuhasz01 @jcrabapple I personally like these benefits (it's why I'm here), but by the numbers if these things were important for the general public, Meta would not be the biggest social media company in the world.
They have consistently done everything against these goals for two decades, yet they are still the biggest player.
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@andrewmelder @yuhasz01 @jcrabapple
🧵 Maybe try speaking to old ladies and other folks who hate trying to understand technology-- like me.
Before joining #Mastodon, I did not know what an "instance" was, nor did I care. My husband is a Network Engineer, so I understood a bit about "servers." But I made three attempts before successfully creating a Mastodon account. I nearly gave up!
Only after I had been on Mastodon for a long time did I realize WHY things are spread out in the #Fediverse and the many benefits to #federation .
Why should I have to take a computer class or learn to be a computer expert just to chat with people? I don't need to do that to send emails, or texts, or to post on corporate platforms. I shouldn't have to speak like a computer programmer just to talk to people.
Make the Fediverse "Granny Friendly." Don't ask me to pick something when I don't even know what it is, or choose between options when I don't know why I should choose one over another...
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Elena Brescacinreplied to Elena Brescacin last edited by [email protected]
Granny-friendly world is an illusion, and what appears like that, sooner or later has a price to pay. With this, I don't deny that something should done much, much better - such as mobile apps and/or websites where you write your nickname and whatever it needs, then step by step helps you choose your place. Even with questions and answers. (3/3)
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Elena Brescacinreplied to Elena Brescacin last edited by [email protected]
I do need help, I do look for help, but have learned that's better to look for help than having someone deciding for you. It is like having your own abilities to grab a fork and bring it to your mouth. But your mother feeds you till you are 60, and decides your toilet time table because she even cleans you down there. You have no worries of dirtying your hands, literally... But you have no independence. (2/3)
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@AnneTheWriter1 @fedicat @andrewmelder @yuhasz01 @jcrabapple Granny-friendly tech? I work on accessibility (and I'm totally blind) and I started understanding the fediverse in what, one year and half, more or less. When Musk fired all accessibility team from former Twitter. So I took my time and now Fediverse is my main social platform. (1/3)
