The linked post shows how most non-tech people’s understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.

  • derangerEnglish
    111·
    1 month ago

    If you tell someone that fedi instances are like email providers and that your instance is transfem.social, that creates three expecations in your audience:

    1)The main, or possibly only, way to access your fedi account on a desktop is through the transfem.social website.

    2)The main, or possibly only, way to access your fedi account on a smartphone is through the transfem.social app. This app is completely separate from the apps that could be used to access a fedi account on another instance.

    3)The primary difference between transfem.social and other fedi instances is the UI of the website and app.

    Frankly, I don’t think this is that big of a deal. First introduce them to an instance, then once they figure that out, show them the apps and other ways to access that instance.

    • conciselyverboseEnglish
      23·
      1 month ago

      It’s also not even close to how email works and plenty of people use email apps that aren’t tied to a provider.

      • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        The app I’m using today has nothing to do with the instance I use.

        Just like email… clients just speak a protocol, and use a particular manner of presentation.

        • conciselyverboseEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          That’s literally my point.

          Most people know that email isn’t tied to a provider app.

            • conciselyverboseEnglish
              1·
              1 month ago

              Apparently I phrased it badly because every vote on it is down lol.

              So it’s probably my bad.