Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.

Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them.

@hpod16 The state of things. X has 650 Million Active users and Mastodon has 2.5 million. There is a reason. #Musk #Mastodon #SocialMedia

@realcaseyrollins @hpod16 this are the top ones that I observed:
- Server selection onboarding. This is number one, you'll find plenty of posts online with confused users. Though Mastodon works on improving it soon it seems.
- Limited search and discovery (bottlenecked by the server)
- Broken uploads because of dead CDNs
- Confusing 'DM' feature

These all make sense to me and are ok, but casual Joe will struggle.

@lucien @realcaseyrollins
Yeah, I have to say the "private mentions" are interesting. I like that I can take a discussion from public to private within the same thread.

I like the private mentions, but they aren't DMs.
And maybe it's ok not to have DMs for now?

@hpod16 @lucien I thought that private mentions are DMs. What's the difference between those and DMs?

@hpod16 @lucien I thought that private mentions are DMs. What's the difference between those and DMs?

@realcaseyrollins @lucien,
Well, in my view, DMs would land in an inbox, and create a continuous back and forth between two people.
If I stopped answered to your DMs, you would notice next time you opened your inbox.
Private mentions happen in threads under posts. When I stop answering there, you probably wouldn't notice.
I phrase it like this, because as a girl on the internet... I CAN get creeps in my DMs. So maybe I like that things are a bit more... decentralised here. Makes sense?

@lucien also, you have to bear in mind that when we reply to public comments, it isn't just for the benefit of the one person who commented, but for anyone else who may be lurking in the comments sections.
And: usually you have to hear about a new product a number of times before you try it out. So, many baby steps, one big goal.

@MissWarcraft I would say there are many reasons.
I also think that Mastodon just doesn't have a large marketing budget, that would be useful to get people on board.
That, and I think the initial step of choosing a server can be offputting

Sometimes, people on Facebook don't know the Fediverse exists.
The European Commission likes to tell them.

@hpod16 Being locked into a Server is why I do not post often, I don't see what people in Europe really think. But on X I do. It is a true hodge podge of posts from around the globe. I try to stick to Warcraft, animal and science stuff. Very little of that here. On Mastodon they just post Hate Trump Hate America. Why would I want to see that all day.

@hpod16 @realcaseyrollins and to your point, that's probably a good reason for not having fully fledged 'DMs'.

I also don't like people popping in my inbox uninvited...

@lucien @hpod16 There's a tab in the #Mastodon interface for "private mentions", it seems a whole lot like an inbox to me.

@hpod16 the problem is that the same people that don't know will run into lots of UX issues when trying Fediverse. I know a few sadly...

@MissWarcraft I would say there are many reasons.
I also think that Mastodon just doesn't have a large marketing budget, that would be useful to get people on board.
That, and I think the initial step of choosing a server can be offputting

@AnachronistJohn @haubles @jztusk @hannah @lucien
Are we just tagging other Hannahs now?

@hpod16 the world was not built in a day and there's certainly more interest from EU users these days, which is great!

@MissWarcraft
I see what you mean. I think. Actually, wait, what do you mean you are locked into a server? If I follow you, I see your posts, regardless of what server I am on, no?
PS: For the Horde!

@hpod16 @AnachronistJohn @jztusk @hannah @lucien

HANNAHS OF THE FEDIVERSE UNITE!! ️

should we do a meetup, like Ryans do?
https://www.ryanmeetup.com/

@MissWarcraft
I see what you mean. I think. Actually, wait, what do you mean you are locked into a server? If I follow you, I see your posts, regardless of what server I am on, no?
PS: For the Horde!