2y ago

An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on)

www.staygrounded.online

An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon

PS- The "real" (non-joke) full guide for the Masto-curious is here.

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lgsp@feddit.it @feddit.it

2mo ago

An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon

www.staygrounded.online /p/an-extremely-simple-guide-to-mastodon

Fediverse @lemmy.ml

JustinHanagan @kbin.social

2y ago

An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on)

www.staygrounded.online /p/an-extremely-simple-guide-to-mastodon

35 comments

opens site
gets greeted by subscribe pop-up and cookie banner
closes site
- That's more of a substack issue
  The content of the guide (the real guide linked below) is pretty good :)
  https://www.staygrounded.online/p/a-simple-guide-to-mastodon-and-the
- You can just click "no thanks" to the subscription box, but I've copy-pasted the full guide (short version) here for you:
  Download the Mastodon app from the Apple app store or Play store.
  Create an account (just like Twitter or any other social media)
  Follow people, and get posting.
  
  Of all the sites with popups, this site is one of the least annoying.
  The most annoying is video popups. Those get ublocked.
- Do you just open up and then close like every site you visit??
  
  I haven't seen a popup ad in years
- if you power through that then next stop is that this is not the full article and need to click "Read full story"
The difficulty is not in using it, the difficulty is having people use it. Social network platforms matter jack shit when the ones you want to actually follow aren't on it.
- It's a bit of a joke post because a lot of the coverage around Mastodon gets really into the weeds with Federation, ActivityPub, etc. and journalists often describe it as "too techie" for "normal" users.
  Well, "normal" users don't care about the technical backend of Twitter or Facebook so it always felt a bit disingenuous to me it was presented this way. Hopefully my post can dispell some of the confusion!
  
  People don’t care about the tech stack of Big Social, but they’re not talking just about ActivityPub. When they go to Facebook and Twitter they do not have to select an instance. They create an account and boom. It would be disingenuous to compare and state that Mastodon offers the exact same. That’s more what people means that it’s too techie.
  It’s not just frictionless. Plus, due to the maturity and the fact that the communities people care about are already on those platforms the ends justify the means for users.
  
  Has nothing to do with the actual backend and is 100% identity management. This entire thread is like a kde forum. A bunch of nerds with zero awareness why is not the year of Linux desktop again.
- Bit of a self fulfilling prophecy there
  Gotta get people on it in order to have people on it. Doesn't happen overnight. A handful of people I followed elsewhere have now moved to Mastodon, but it took some time for that to happen
  
  Yep. "Slowly, then all at once".
  Personally, I think once the journalists and news orgs (finally) get on board, that will inspire government agencies to make the change, and that will be the true tipping point away from 𝕏.
- People are too addicted to the parasocial relationship of celebrities and the like to just follow normal users.
You are dense if you don't understand why people think lemmy is confusing.
This guide is 10 seconds to read... What's going on... Is this a guide now?
- This is the "I need you to explain it for me before we get out of the elevator" edition of a Mastodon starter guide.
- I thought it was more of a joke article to funnel people to the real one
  https://www.staygrounded.online/p/a-simple-guide-to-mastodon-and-the
The guide:
How do I use Mastodon?
Download the Mastodon app from the Apple app store or Play store.
Create an account (just like Twitter or any other social media)
Follow people, and get posting.
- ✨much elegance✨
It took me two weeks to figure out how to get a Lemmy account.
"Guide" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
- If it's still too complicated for someone after reading this I think it's safe to say they're a lost cause

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How do I use Mastodon?