Lots of people asking questions about the fediverse over at /r/fediverse

[zippythezigzag@lemm.ee]

Sure. I'll head over and see if I can't help out after I get off work.

[mothmandelorian@lemmy.world]

To get to that point you have to have selected an instance and then learned how it all works so IMO that’s less of a barrier for entry than it is a barrier for use

[sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works]

You're missing the point. My comment is about induced friction causing people to walk away.

[dzsimbo@lemm.ee]

I wanted to give you some shade for not posting any links to back up your claims.

There was a rumor going around that EULAs can be easily attacked, but when I did a very unthorough search of it, I found the end of this wikipedia article states otherwise.

[redditrefugee69@lemmynsfw.com]

I can't see downvotes and a lemmy.world admin threatened banning me for my half of a sarcastic spat.

Instances definitely matter.

[zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Then they're likely just auto-assigning you to a server, likely based on geographic proximity.