Post AXK2TG0YiFs6yxrO2S by stuart@social.brainsys.com
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 (DIR) Post #AXK2NFsuG6iMrVQ1Sq by stuart@social.brainsys.com
       2023-07-02T18:14:36Z
       
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       @gme True but Mastodon is more or less the only brand name recognisable outside the #Fediverse. Hence it is and will continue to be the main entry point to the Fediverse for new users.Keep it simple or they won't come. Especially as many find it confusing enough as it is. When they have got their feet under the table they can grow and migrate.It they don't come the Fediverse won't grow.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXK2TG0YiFs6yxrO2S by stuart@social.brainsys.com
       2023-07-03T09:25:39Z
       
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       @gmeYes and it worked. A major problem with Linux (sorry Linux/GNU) is that you can't actually install it. Instead you are presented with a plethora of very odd distros names - each claiming a unique advantage - which in themselves are mainly meaningless to folks outside the Linux ecosphere.Of course this choice and diversity is a great technical strength but goes some way to keeping us in a realitively small niche on the desktop. Only Google with  Chrome has made a dent in that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXK2Wvojitt9WK5AGW by stuart@social.brainsys.com
       2023-07-03T12:13:47Z
       
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       @gmeYou missed my point. You don't download Linux like Windows.You do download a distro. Which distro? Probably the one with most name recognition - Ubuntu? Whereas Linux Mint may be the best choice for the beginner or Kubuntu for the aspiring SysAdmin. By definition most Linux users believe they are using the best distro so it's confusing and advice contradictory.Which is why, if you want the Fediverse to expand and diversify you probably have to try and make entry simple and logical.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXK2WxSTcdGsbrgPqa by stuart@social.brainsys.com
       2023-07-03T12:19:41Z
       
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       @gmeCentralised services have an inbuilt advantage in promoting the product under a single name, port of entry and login. That's what joinmastodon is trying to overcome. It has the danger to create a de facto centralised ActivitPub ecosphere but that's maybe only a problem if it succeeds too well.I like dealing with the problems of success rather than digging dead horses out of ditches.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXK2YunaTt3OwNUU3E by anornymorse@shitposter.club
       2023-07-03T16:03:56.121805Z
       
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       @stuart @gme There needs to be a Down's Syndrome emoji.