That visualization shows exactly why the whole thing here is overwhelming for the average user. I feel that the federated aspect should be less focused on when talking about the fediverse. It makes sense to explain it, but many explanations on how to switch to lemmy/kbin/whatever put the whole federation thing on top of the list. I think this is a big turnoff for casual users/lurkers. They do not understand that they don’t need to understand the structure of the fediverse to join, enjoy content and engage with others, so they don’t even start.
I’m sure a visualization could help with that, but having a bunch of boxes and circles with arrows all over the place isn’t exactly something that will mitigate the feeling of being overloaded with information. I’m not saying you didn’t do a great job. “Arrows all over the place” is not meant to devaluate your work, on the contrary, it perfectly captures the feeling i have about the fediverse, but I would not use that image as an ad for it.
Hmm, you are right with that. Maybe the focus shouldn’t be on describing the underlying infrastructure before people join, but right after? So they have at least seen the building from inside before leaving again?