GrymanOne t1_j11ctpj wrote on December 20, 2022 at 11:16 PM

Reply to comment by 4_Alice_4 in Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative by geoxol

The fact that it’s decentralized with so many servers means it’ll cater to a niche, much like Discord does today. It’s not that our culture can’t deal with tech, since we continue to add more tech into our culture without much issue. It’s about ease of use. How do I easily get my older extended family onto Mastadon where we can all share cat photos? Do you have to explain the client server model to each person? Are they going to know which server their account was created on? I can’t ever remember which server I created my own account on without looking it up.

4_Alice_4 t1_j11dppt wrote on December 20, 2022 at 11:22 PM

Ah, so it's a less intuitive.
Thank you for the clear answer!

vitorgrs t1_j12kt7r wrote on December 21, 2022 at 5:04 AM

Well, people use emails. Isn't like it's a new concept for people.

HanaBothWays t1_j11dpt6 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 11:22 PM

Your older family members probably write their passwords down in a little notebook or something. They can write it down in the same notebook. Are you just trying to keep your parents off it or something? LOL

Devccoon t1_j134a7g wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:57 AM

Figuring out how to get into a Mastodon server that doesn't offer its own instant verified account creation directly is enough of a painful and confusing process without seeking outside help, it would not surprise me in the least if families had a really hard time getting into Mastadon without a lot of work.