MrFunkEdude

OK that hit home closer then I'd like.

What him?

Again?

Was the $100 price ever confirmed? I thought it was just rumored?

They've been saying that since Cheeto ran for office the second time and look where we are. 🙄

I'm not trying to "Pooh pooh" anything, but I do wonder if the old way of doing things is really effective in today's political arena?

Politicians these days only seem to care about re-election and since people now vote party over individual, I'm having a hard time seeing the effectiveness of such demonstrations. Other then letting like minded people know that other like minded people exist. Something that I think social media has been doing for a long time. But I don't think politicians really fear this kind of thing anymore. I think they know that people are entrenched in their parties and once it comes down to filling out the ballot, they wont care who the person is as much as they do that they are voting for "their side".

But maybe I'm wrong, which is why I'm participating today regardless of my ignorance.

And I'm not saying "don't bother". Try everything you can. I'm just saying that maybe it's time we figure out new ways to do things?

It's an insult to the user. This may be my last Sony console.

Pretty much.

Am I the only one who was thinking “Robert Paulson“?

For all mankind lost me in the second season with the affair. Seemed way too soap opera for me.

I love Apple TV. Quite a few good shows as well. I know they don't have as much content as other streaming services, but what they do have for the most part is amazingly good. So I don't mind paying for substance over content.

Silo.
Ted Lasso.
Shrinking.
Foundation.
Severance.
Monarch.
Loot.
Before.
Dark Matter.

And those are just the ones I've watched. There are a few more that are on my list to watch. As long as they keep focusing on good quality stories with great actors and cinematography, I'll keep subscribing.

It was good for the first season when they were more focused on how things would have been different technologically and politically. Then in the middle of the second season there was an obvious shift to more "soap opera" type stories. I lost interest after that.

I like your thoughts about having them look different from each other in someway to make them distinguishable. I think that might be a smart thing to do if you’re an instance owner.

I also think that we’re not really that far apart in what we’re both saying. When I read your example of the on boarding process for some people, it just reinforces what I said in my original reply, which was “ It's been my experience that people who couldn't figure out how to join Mastodon are the same people that get so used to doing things one way, that when you introduce a different way, they fall apart.” it’s not that ideas like “instances“ are difficult subjects to grasp, it’s that the person who is joining is expecting a different experience. Which I think causes part of their brain to kind of shut down a little. So things start to become confusing. I think this becomes obvious when you talk to people who had no issues joining. What they usually say is something along the lines of “I read it and caught on pretty quick.“ Which was my experience as well. Sure, once I got in it took me a few moments to realize what was what and get a grasp on @names but it was never something that made me say “this is too confusing“. It was just new. And I treated it like that.

Which makes me think that the people who say they don’t understand things like “Federation“ never really tried to understand them to begin with. As you noted, email is a handy comparison to use. When I’ve explained it to them like that, most people kind of smack their head and “get it” pretty quickly after that.

I’ve thought for a long time the first thing that someone should read when they try to join Mastodon is “This isn’t like any social media you’ve ever joined. We do things different, and if you read along, you’ll understand why.” Or something similar to get the person who is joining out of that frame of mind where they think they’re joining something that they’ve done before. I think that would put people in the right frame of mind right away.

But I’ve been known to be wrong before.