Threads have been gaining traction recently and I’m actually enjoying the atmosphere there. However it’s clearly on a growth phase where they don’t show any ads or paid content. This obviously won’t last, so I’m wondering if there’s a platform which I could recommend?

I tried Mastodon a couple of years ago but it felt a bit too technical even for me, so I’m a bit hesitant to explore that. Thanks for any input and my apologies if this has been asked too many times already.

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[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I’m frankly mystified by anyone who thinks Mastodon is “too technical.”

Please explain. Because the steps as far as I know are:

Want a mastodon account
Search for “join mastodon”
Pick a server
Create an account
Enjoy mastodon

[–] kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Because the steps for Xitter were :

Want a Xitter
Go to Xitter
Create an account
Enjoy(?) Xitter

Even one extra step that adds friction can lead to you just not doing the thing.

Mega-corpos spend billions to reduce the number of steps to your wallet, because they make it back tenfold.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Especially when that extra step is something that doesn't make sense in their mental model of what a service is or how it works. Like, I want an account. I go to site. Sign up, right? Nope, you have to select where to sign up. What? It's a huge hurdle.

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