2026-10-21 13:00 UTC
Onboarding is the same as for email, which most people seem to pass just fine. Fedi instance is analogous to an email provider. I would even vouch to move from the ‘ instance’ hosting-based terminology to the ‘ provider’ user-centric terminology.
IMO it’s the content discovery across instances and the subtler implications of your chosen provider that are harder to grasp.
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@nastronot@lemmy.zip 2026-10-21 13:03
Normies tend to stick with the first email they are signed up for. For a lot of younger Gen Z email is a non factor.
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@villainy@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 13:13
The average person has Gmail or Apple Mail because that’s what their phone had them set up, or (unfortunately) just uses their work email for everything. They’re not out there weighing alternatives.
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@EmptyAsparagus@piefed.social 2026-10-22 10:19
its great, that you can explain that, its not at all obvious to people new to the space. email is way more common, too, so IMHO not really comparable.