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People need to realize you can use alternatives

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[–] zouhair@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The documentation explaining how fediverse works is so bad. It's so long and convoluted anyone new just can't be bothered reading it.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Docu-what now?

Seriously, if the average user needs to understand distributed systems to play in the fediverse pool, they are going to land back at Reddit. Just get people in the door (any door) and fight the technical debt that creates later.

Sure, it's a shit plan. But, it's the only way to really capitalise on the current moment. With both Twitter and Reddit blasting away at their own feet, there is a real opportunity for something better to step up. The fediverse can be that thing. But, not if people end up gatekeeping it. Less Stallman style, "RTFM!" And more, "hey, welcome. Let's get you set up."

[–] zouhair@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Well, that's my point. We need a cheat sheet easy to read that gives most of the necessary information to create an account and use different instances and how to post from one to another.

https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html is good but way too much for newcomers

[–] kofe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Idk what's going on, I just know I'm ready for open source options. I'm signed up here and mastodon now and plan to use the duration of the reddit strike to learn more about these platforms, delete my activity on others, and slowly build communities so I'm not reliant on others for news and learning.

I don't think it's too difficult to figure out. Seems more like a matter of shifting activity to keep people engaged. I'm far from tech literate, though.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

bro' i didn't even knew that there was a documentation

[–] zouhair@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html

No, one will read that

We need a way simpler cheat sheet to get people in and leave that documentation for later