squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMastodon and Pixelfed got a short mention on Last Week Tonight with John Oliverfiles.catbox.moevideomessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1videoMastodon and Pixelfed got a short mention on Last Week Tonight with John Oliverfiles.catbox.moesquirrel@discuss.tchncs.de to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 day ago Picking a server is weird and scary. As a scientist, I would be cautious of inferring the reason and beating ourselves up for it until we have crystal clear proof that that is the specific thing that’s turning people away.
minus-squareL3ft_F13ld!@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoNot that one thing alone, obviously. But it’s a big part of it. We can call it a hypothesis if that helps.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI don’t think we need a full-on study to show that an additional barrier to entry hurts adoption.
minus-squareChessmasterrex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoIt’s no different than signing up for an email account
As a scientist, I would be cautious of inferring the reason and beating ourselves up for it until we have crystal clear proof that that is the specific thing that’s turning people away.
Not that one thing alone, obviously. But it’s a big part of it.
We can call it a hypothesis if that helps.
I don’t think we need a full-on study to show that an additional barrier to entry hurts adoption.
It’s no different than signing up for an email account
Email? Do you mean Gmail?