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What do you think some of the fediverse's primary stumbling blocks are? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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For those that have poked around other fediverse stuff beyond Lemmy, and been around the spaces awhile, what's stuck out to you as stumbling blocks, or basic user experience fumbles? Which parts do you think may be technical, and which may be cultural?

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[–] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Even if it doesn’t really matter which instance you begin with, the experience will be different, and there’s a sense of “pressure” at the point of signup, which doesn’t exist outside of the Fediverse.

Would you not say it's more like it doesn't exist to the same degree? Not that that diminishes your point, mind, only that in my experience online I've found similar when it comes to other online communities, say when deciding different Discord servers to join and some requiring waiting, reacting to be able to chat, or more rarely, have 2 factor authentication enabled of all things.

Before that, and more a sign of my age I guess, it would have been different forums, different chat rooms, and the like. Each similar in basic functionalities, but different experiences and a different sense of "pressure" to each.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think it's the same with Discord because you already know which server you want to join, even if there are hurdles.

With federated instances you are told they all do the same thing and that it doesn't matter, but in the same breath you're told there's still criteria to consider (number of users, location, some have a main theme etc.)

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it's old, but MMO servers used to have this kind of criteria.

You would just a server next to you, speaking a language you did, with a reasonable amount of users

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

very similar to IRC also