Post #4494069
2026-08-11 09:08 UTC
My favourite slide from my FediCon talk about Loops was the very last one I added at 3am the night before my talk.
"Someone hears about a thing, they go to sign up, and the first screen asks them to choose a server. And they don't know what a server is. They don't know what any of these words mean, and they've now been asked to make an infrastructure decision before they've seen a single video. Most of them just leave"
#Loops #FediCon
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@maverick604@mastodon.social 2026-08-11 09:36
@dansup@mastodon.social Good idea! I think it would be useful to allow more advanced users to select their server/username, but I understand the issue you’re addressing here. And yes, it’s important. Every time I try to onboard somebody on the fediverse, it gets totally bogged down with the sign up process. And you’re right, most people have no idea what any of that stuff means or how it relates to them anyway.