4 / 4 Challenge: Give Mastodon 30 minutes & just try it out!

Let’s be bold and confident! The proof is in the pudding.

Challenge your audience to simply spend a half-hour trying it out. Signup can be done in < 10m. In the remaining 20m, kick the tires, see what all the tooting is about 🙂 , and try searching for a few hashtags to follow. We’re confident they will enjoy the experience!

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3 / 4 Signup is actually pretty easy.

Ease of use is a tired old trope for FUD against Linux et al for decades. This playbook is now being deployed against Mastodon and the Fediverse.

Choosing a server impacts what you see in the first 1/2 hour, but has little long-term impact. The cost of moving servers is low.

It is overstated in media. Let’s call this out for not being a good reason to worry about joining the Fediverse.

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2 / 4 Community, conversation & great moderation is Mastodon’s “killer app”.

Conversations in the Fediverse are pleasant interactions between people sharing common interests instead of toxic trolling. This is by:

* Community social norms
* Active human moderation
* Content selection that isn’t based on engagement or dark patterns.

If you’re looking for community without nastiness, the Fediverse is the place for you!

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1 / 4 It’s not about how bad Twitter is; it’s about how great Mastodon and the Fediverse is!

Keep it positive. Nobody needs to be told that Twitter sucks. Focus on the positives of the Fediverse and Mastodon.

* Community (see #2)
* Freedom
* Control of msging via own instance
* Safety 4 at-risk communities
* "What you ask is what you get” (non-algorithmic) feeds
* Mix & match between fedi tools & everything “just works”...

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Some talking points and framing suggestions for discussing Mastodon and the Fediverse with the others. Each of these points will be briefly elaborated in a reply to this toot.
1) It’s not about how bad Twitter is; it’s about how great Mastodon and the Fediverse is!
2) Community, conversation & great moderation is our “killer app”.
3) Signup is actually pretty easy.
4) Challenge: Give Mastodon 30 minutes & just try it out!

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