As soon as I saw this graph on an instance I just joined (the Pilgrim spirit is strong on me, Luke), I thought about Dr Freeman's mentioning missing good people to talk #math with. 😄
Ingo runs some great services - both:
* a mastodon instance at https://nerdculture.de
* and a much more rare Friendica instance at https://nerdica.net/
I am not sure, but I think he might be the operator offering the brilliant idea of a TRY Friendica instance; where people can creat an account and see what it is like, for a short period.
Accounts are removed after a week, and I did use it, posted a few things, then got membership into Nerdica.de for the long haul.
Try Friendica is at : https://tryfriendica.de/#
** Mastodon SHOULD probably have something like it! **
Thank you, Ingo! @ij
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Is the only thing special about it the fact that your account is automatically deleted after a few weeks? How is that helping people try it considering people could always just manually delete their own account on a regular friendica instance if they wanted?
@freemo
The accounts only last for a week, as stated in the front entrance and are suggested as a nice way to experiment Friendica, without getting into a full blown, busy instance.
Being the kind of guy who must have a proper avatar, profile background picture, bio and links in place before even making a first post, that appeals to me.
I felt I would not embarrass myself much in front of an experienced crew of Friendica users; the Friendica experience is WAY different than Mastodon, it has some nice features we miss here (like editing a post anytime you want).
Why I think it would be a good idea for new Mastodonians? as a see it before you commit type of thing. A system setup like that would be focused in new users (the Friendica help and documentation is top notch), we could have some permanent accounts offering assistance, etc.
And if people found they liked it, we could have a good Instances list with detailed info, user reviews, etc.
If they didn't like it, soon there would be less of these zero posts, no avatar accounts that really should count for a user base evaluation.
@ij