• Saleh@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    14 hours ago

    But imagine having to choose a server from which to access the fediverse! This is just too complicated!

    • OpenStars@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      6 hours ago

      Tbf that’s a big deal for Mastodon aka Fediverse, not so much on the Threadiverse with K/Mbin, Lemmy, or PieFed.

      And the tools that exist to help are laughably bad - the last time I tried the auto-selector website it chose for me hexbear.net, and I noticed Lemmy.ml was prominently displayed up high in their listing (surely the Windows-using centrists and conservatives on Reddit will have no problems joining that extremist leftist instance of FOSS enthusiasts… r-r-right?!).

    • 6nk06@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      13 hours ago

      I had to make the life-threatening choice between Gmail, Hotmail, and Proton for my email. I almost died!

    • BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      13 hours ago

      I don’t think the “choosing a server” thing has been a serious roadblock for years, if it ever was. Most people just pick The Big One anyway. If they knew enough to care about distributing users properly among instances, they probably wouldn’t be intimidated by picking