Yeah, also anyone who claims that they didn’t switch to mastodon because it is too confusing, must have serious learning disability. I can understand that Lemmy is harder than traditional reddit, because the problem is more complex and the service still need a lot of polish, but mastodon is very simple to use.
Yup. People have a mental block against it. They decided Mastodon was complicated, so even when confronted with its simplicity, they’re unwilling to deal with the first few minutes of uncomfortable novelty. I’ve talked to a few super-smart people who have this particular mental block and they still talk shit about Mastodon without genuinely trying it out first, while still railing against Twitter. People are irrationally stubborn.
Yeah, people got distracted by trying to figure out how it worked instead of just using it like they would any other service. I think people shouldn’t have pushed the federated angle as hard. It’s great, but most people don’t care about it as much as other stuff. It probably would have had a bit better user retention if it was explained with it.
That being said, mastodon is significantly more complicated than the average service people use. To someone not super tech savvy, it makes sense that it could be enough to push them away. Anyone can get used to it fairly quickly, but any fiction pushes a ton of people away.
As an example, I work for a company that does web stuff, We changed dropdowns with few options to a multi-select menu component and saw like a 20% increase in the number of people completing the form.
That’s the blatant hint that those people aren’t down for the cause and should not be wanted on “our side” and their opinions are worthless. These are the type of people to cut out of your life because they aren’t trustworthy or loyal.
Who cares? Do they not have a website, or a YouTube show or something? There’s still plenty of entertainers I like on there. Didn’t stop me from deleting that Nazi cesspool and just getting that info elsewhere. You just have to want to actually quit and quit coming up with excuses. Sports ball is on other platforms, too.
I think part of the problem is so many things have relied on it up until now. I read how at a college shooting that was the main way they had to tell people to stay where they were. Which is a problem if that is your only way to communicate in an emergency situation.
So much news is passed quickly from it or other social media. If you’re not on it now you’re often left in the dark. Which is good for mental well being for some of us (me), but bad at other times.
It actually amazes me that people still use that cesspool.
Yeah, also anyone who claims that they didn’t switch to mastodon because it is too confusing, must have serious learning disability. I can understand that Lemmy is harder than traditional reddit, because the problem is more complex and the service still need a lot of polish, but mastodon is very simple to use.
Yup. People have a mental block against it. They decided Mastodon was complicated, so even when confronted with its simplicity, they’re unwilling to deal with the first few minutes of uncomfortable novelty. I’ve talked to a few super-smart people who have this particular mental block and they still talk shit about Mastodon without genuinely trying it out first, while still railing against Twitter. People are irrationally stubborn.
Yeah, people got distracted by trying to figure out how it worked instead of just using it like they would any other service. I think people shouldn’t have pushed the federated angle as hard. It’s great, but most people don’t care about it as much as other stuff. It probably would have had a bit better user retention if it was explained with it.
That being said, mastodon is significantly more complicated than the average service people use. To someone not super tech savvy, it makes sense that it could be enough to push them away. Anyone can get used to it fairly quickly, but any fiction pushes a ton of people away.
As an example, I work for a company that does web stuff, We changed dropdowns with few options to a multi-select menu component and saw like a 20% increase in the number of people completing the form.
That’s the blatant hint that those people aren’t down for the cause and should not be wanted on “our side” and their opinions are worthless. These are the type of people to cut out of your life because they aren’t trustworthy or loyal.
My sports news people are all still there. Wish they would join Mastodon but no luck yet 😩
Who cares? Do they not have a website, or a YouTube show or something? There’s still plenty of entertainers I like on there. Didn’t stop me from deleting that Nazi cesspool and just getting that info elsewhere. You just have to want to actually quit and quit coming up with excuses. Sports ball is on other platforms, too.
How do yall feel this entitled over another persons decision to use any particular social media 😂super weird behavior
Youtube? Talk about a cesspool…
Sometimes it’s simply almost unavoidable.
Did you try messaging them?
I think part of the problem is so many things have relied on it up until now. I read how at a college shooting that was the main way they had to tell people to stay where they were. Which is a problem if that is your only way to communicate in an emergency situation.
So much news is passed quickly from it or other social media. If you’re not on it now you’re often left in the dark. Which is good for mental well being for some of us (me), but bad at other times.