Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis on Nostr: Hey, npub1qmcpm…yv6gx , thanks for doing all this research! Regarding the issue of ...
Hey, npub1qmcpm5qnud8p4az4enwx0arcnw38jxyq70yzphj5xdn9va6q8s4qryv6gx (npub1qmc…v6gx) , thanks for doing all this research!
Regarding the issue of what is described as the difficulty of finding people on Mastodon: I'm struck by the fact I'm not certain what people are talking about when they invoke that, because off the top of my head I can think of three [edit: make that four] [edit: no wait make that five] *extremely* different things they might be alluding to:
1) "How do I find the Mastodon presence of somebody I know from some other context?" For instance, a friend or colleague or fan of yours might find themselves thinking, "I hear Erin is on Mastodon somewhere; how can I find her in follow her there?" They may be coming to the Fediverse with the Twitter-conditioned assumption that they should be able to type your name into the search box, and have it turn up your Mastodon identity. If I understand federation right, that works fine on bigger instances, & terribly on smaller ones.
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Regarding the issue of what is described as the difficulty of finding people on Mastodon: I'm struck by the fact I'm not certain what people are talking about when they invoke that, because off the top of my head I can think of three [edit: make that four] [edit: no wait make that five] *extremely* different things they might be alluding to:
1) "How do I find the Mastodon presence of somebody I know from some other context?" For instance, a friend or colleague or fan of yours might find themselves thinking, "I hear Erin is on Mastodon somewhere; how can I find her in follow her there?" They may be coming to the Fediverse with the Twitter-conditioned assumption that they should be able to type your name into the search box, and have it turn up your Mastodon identity. If I understand federation right, that works fine on bigger instances, & terribly on smaller ones.
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