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  • m_fAtoFediverse memes@feddit.ukWe're RIGHT HERE :(
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    16 hours ago

    Was just talking with a friend that downloaded a Mastodon app a while back when Twitter was bought by Elon, encountered the “Choose a server” bit, and bailed after choice paralysis. They’re technical and have a doctorate in Computer Science so it’s not like they couldn’t figure it out, but there’s something in the human psyche where most people don’t want to make choices like that. They’re on Bluesky now and think its great.

    IMO sites like https://pixelfed.org/how-to-join and https://join-lemmy.org/ should just have a normal sign up flow, and load balance between all servers that opt in. Looks like that’s going to happen for Pixelfed:

    https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113830788279211715

    It’ll make some people unhappy, but that’s just how you get “normies” onto the Fediverse.


















  • m_fMAtoAskUSAWhat carrier do you use and why?
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    11 days ago

    T-mobile, because I got some plan years ago that gave me true unlimited data instead of “unlimited”, and I don’t want to try to find another plan with that.

    My plan has like 10GB or so of tethered data, which pro-tip, you can get around by adjusting the TTL of packets sent by devices connected to your phone so that they appear to be coming from your phone. N.B. that t-mobile doesn’t like this and may cut your service off.