It is fine. I don’t think this is a university level research paper. Check the users posts and comments. If they don’t know Markdown then give them a link to learn.

I am on Mastodon, Lemmy and PixelFed.

• Difficulties: On Mastodon I had two accounts on different instances. It took some some to decide which to keep and which to deactivate. Not a big problem, as I am not a very active user.
  I’ve been using Lemmy since the early days. It was harder to choose an instance on Lemmy than Mastodon.
  I have never managed to find a PeerTube instance that I could use for uploading.
  So, main difficulty would be time spent lookin for instances.

• Challenges: I have never really spent time trying to attract users. When describing it to some people they liked the idea, but wouldn’t move to a social network where their friends were not.

• Experience: Positive overall. I have had exactly one confusing problem with another user. I will say that there are some strongly opinionated people on Fedi. Instances do create groupthink which can lead to biases, but I was aware of that before onboarding.

• Feedback: The Fediverse is a good social network for many different people. It appears to me that Fedi can be quite welcoming to neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ communities. There is a political leaning, at least on the instances I see. I wouldn’t say there is a slant, but when opposing opinions collide, wording matters because #FediBlock is a thing. I am of the opinion that improvement should come about organically. Forcing changes is pointless, unless you are a developer who can suggest a way to make the improvement a reality.
  New users to Mastodon (and Fedi as a whole) need to understand that “quote-tooting” isn’t a thing, monetisation isn’t a goal, and it will never be a 1:1 clone of Twitter, Reddit or Instagram.

There is a migration function in the preferences

You’re right. This is a different issue.

Yeah, I say it doesn’t work. Might need to open an issue about this.

Looks like it is being worked on…? Even though it is marked as closed.

https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/issues/397

It doesn’t appear possible…

Have you decided on an instance?

That’s how I took care of it too https://bbbhltz.codeberg.page/2023/05/on-debloating-android-phones/

So, not smoke signals?

Cheap, yes. But these “at home” gadgets can’t replace a quick visit to the doctor… Which is why I think there is a target market. People don’t like going to the doctor. They think they can self diagnose or they want to save money and time. My partner’s family is the type that would buy this. A visit to the doctor is free here, but they think they know more.

On a side note, I’m nearly 40 and still don’t know what good or bad blood pressure is.

Oh I have no idea about that, but isn’t it the same account now? Because I remember receiving emails about accounts being merged. I don’t use Pocket or FF anymore so I am probably out of the loop.

I can’t speak for the author, but I have some feelings about the matter. Baking a proprietary service into an open source browser, and of course requiring accounts. Then the FF accounts merging with the Pocket accounts. I really wasn’t pleased.

That’s an excellent function. I keep Briar on my phone but have ZERO contacts. Never know, right?

Flip phones < Candybars

Jerboa is provided by both repositories. Izzy’s pushed the update before F-Droid’s is all. You can switch to Izzy’s or wait or DL the apk from GitHub but signatures are different for all three.

A lot has been said, but I’ll repeat a few.

• F-Droid (I use Droid-ify)
• Debloat it https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater
• Change the launcher and icons (lots of choices, I use Lawnchair with Arcticons or Delta)
• Check out the different browsers
• Check out the different keyboards
• Get some key apps like Newpipe (or equivalent)
• If the phone isn’t rooted, any changes can be reset by doing a factory reset, so you have nothing to lose but time.

I’m partial to https://www.hckrnws.com/ because I am just a lurker.

Can’t wait!

In all these years I’ve only found 2 things on Kickstarter that interested me. This isn’t one of them.