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[–] sculd@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Agree that Mastodon is good but...

Not difficult to sign up for

Yeah....about that... The choose an instance thing is confusing for a lot of people. It actually made me think twice before signing on, which is not a good thing for a platform looking to get more people on.

Not difficult to use

Well if they make it easier to follow people on other instances, sure.

Also, content discovery is not easy on Mastodon. I have to go to directories (yes, remember those?) to find out the interesting accounts on there.

[–] Xero@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

Content discovery is really easy for me on Mastodon, I can search for what I want via hashtag or a post, plus the people I follow and my followers always have nice suggestions. But if your instance has low federation, you might not see much.

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