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.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Is that helpful though? Isn't that the same as everyone registering at Lemmy.world?

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel with mastodon it's different because instances don't host communities to subscribe to. Just people to follow

[–] 3draven@mtdn.anyqn.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@secret300 @fediverse @can There are bots that cross-post posts, they actually implement groups.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

Oh neat I didn't know that.

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