I've got to say - I can't see how this is really going to take off.... It's so confusing.
Let me try to explain a bit...
Tried making accounts, got one on lemmy.ml and lemmy.world.
Saw some interesting feeds, but can't load lemmy.ml (502 error - maybe overloaded). However, the 'Fediverse' is linked up - so surely I should be able to find this user and connect to his post without too much hassle?
Try to visit - he's on vlemmy.net - I can't interact without logging in. My account doesn't work - is it a different account for every instance?
Compared to ten minutes on Reddit, after 2 days I still haven't found content and/or interaction that I want. I kind of understand how cool federated stuff is, but I cannot get to the product.
r/firefox r/linux r/angryupvote r/jokes - you know.... stuff!
I follow a link for the user and end up seeing that I am not logged in, but a note says:
'If you use a Fediverse account that is able to follow users, you can follow this user.'
I don't understand this - How? Where? There's no context menu...
I AM LOGGED IN here and now... What gives?
If it's this hard for me, I'm sure that this rules out 99% of internet users from switching over... as I'm sure that more than 75% of Reddit users are dumber than I am.