As far as I'm aware, the big "problem" with Mastodon (and the Fediverse as a whole) is that you have to choose an instance to join. It's an aditional step that mainstream social media does not have and it's already enough to push regular people away. It's kinda like trying to convince a Windows user to jump ship to Linux, by the time you begin explaining what a distro is you've already lost them.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 days ago (14 children)

Like I said in my comment tho. When I downloaded the app it automatically chose for me. I just made an account there and boom.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

So you didn’t get the choice at all? I guess people who sign up this way are going to be really confused why they can’t follow some accounts their friends can.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Better than no one having the ability to follow that person because a centrally controlled social media banned them.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But worse than anyone being able to follow that person because they’re using a platform where moderation is separate from identity, as in AtProto.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You are misrepresenting it. You would still run into this issue. Moderation being separate doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You will still not be able to follow someone your friends follow because your moderation service banned then.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can choose a different moderation service. That’s the point.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And you can choose a different instance on ActivityPub.

[–] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That choice is tied to your identity and can’t be easily changed later, which is what I’m complaining about.

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