Mattress Firm.

…I’ve said to much…

It’s almost like if you tell a bunch of delusional, disenfranchised people exactly what they want to hear for four+ years they tend to not see any faults in what you say or do.

Sorry guys, been using internet explorer; what’s this about the year 2000?

I mean…

*gestures around at everything

“Sell me this pen”

“Okay.” *takes pen “Write down your name.”

“I need a pen.”

“Exactly. Supply and demand.”

I think that ease of use is the biggest hurdle at the moment. While yeah Mastodon has grown it’s also improved quite a bit. The onboarding is much more streamlined versus six months ago.

Those barriers are getting better but are still there for Lemmy. Apps are starting to come which is fantastic but the users need to want to engage with the platform. Streamlined sign up, improved features and UI improvements will need to continue to evolve in order to grow the user base.