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Don't tell people "it's easy", and seven more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (UPDATED) (privacy.thenexus.today)
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I had shared an earlier version of this last week, and a draft of the updates a few days ago. Thanks to everybody for the feedback!

Here's the key points:

  1. Don't tell people "it's easy"
  2. Improve the "getting-started experience"
  3. Keep scalability and sustainability in mind
  4. Prioritize accessibility
  5. Get ready for trolls, hate speech, harassment, spam, porn, and disinformation
  6. Invest in moderation tools
  7. Experiment to find what approaches are a good fit for the current state of the software
  8. Values matter
  • This is a great opportunity – and it won't be the last great opportunity
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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Imo the main thing would be to stop explaining federation. Just link them to one of the bigger instances, for example your local feddit or lemmy.world or beehive or whatever.

Federation is hard to grasp in the beginning and to be honest if you use it like you did reddit, the only difference is the way links to certain communities look like.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Exactly. It’s an unnecessary complication. Most folks using kbin or lemmy instead of Reddit or Mastodon instead of Twitter will never, ever really need to know any federation, because all they want is to use the site. People will figure out federation if and when they need it - and until they do, all it is is a lot of technobabble that will make them tune out and give up before they even start, because it all sounds too complicated.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Adventures in the #Fediverse. My past 8 months condensed to a very short primer thread for anyone to read. #Welcome #Help #NewHere
https://calckey.social/notes/9er7rlxy6r

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very cool. Is clackey your instance?

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