Okay here is my very simple concept for a #FediCard - a "business card" that encourages people to join the #Fediverse and links to @_elena 's explanatory video.
My idea is that people can hand these out at #protests, political organizations, and so forth - where politically active people gather who already have had bad experiences with commercial social media.
The back side could be customized further to list an instance which is most relevant to the place where you want to share them - for example, I want to print a variant for the gruene.social #Mastodon instance.
I will certainly try to apply my meagre #design skills to make this more appealing, but first I wanted to hear what you all think of this concept, and what your suggestions for improvement are.
(Note: If you want to play around with the design, I have made it available in #SVG / #Inkscape format. The template has the 85 x 55 mm size for European business cards, so you will want to adjust it for other regions.)
EDIT: The new folder for the FediCard is here:
kai.nl.tab.digital/s/fc9rHL6wx…
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⚡️ Deadline: 12 hours
⚡️ Action Required: Complete the verification via the link below.
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The main content is a screenshot of a social media notification from #16453 ([@]Mastodon_Moderator) to a user. The notification is:
\"[⚠️ Important Notice]
Your account has been temporarily suspended for identity verification.
We’re reaching out manually to guide you through the required steps.
⚡️ Deadline: 12 hours
⚡️ Action Required: Complete the verification via the link below.
Failure to do so will result in your account remaining locked until further review.
🔗 Verification Link: https://mstd.id-83636.world/239101758
Best regards,
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Mastodon Migration
in reply to Jürgen Hubert • • •This is a wonderful idea.
However, it does not solve the biggest issue for people actually joining the Fediverse. It just takes way too many clicks and decisions from folks before they have any knowledge or context.
Tried the link. Finally found the Mastodon button. Went to joinmastodon, which still after all these years is an impenetrable list of scary things called servers.
Nothing to do with the card, which is a great idea, but on-boarding UI is still a mess.
Mastodon Migration
in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •So, here is a suggestion.
Just bypass all the front end stuff. Make the card Join Mastodon and provide the link to the sign up page of a good Mastodon server like @stux mstdn.social
mstdn.social/auth/sign_up
If you want, print multiple cards for different instances, but make it easy for folks to climb on board.
Mastodon 🐘
Mastodon hosted on mstdn.socialJürgen Hubert
Unknown parent • • •If anyone comes up with improved onboarding pages, I'd be happy to refer to them on the cards!
Jürgen Hubert
Unknown parent • • •@JoBlakely @mastodonmigration @stefan
I have been using #Inkscape for my own design work. Would that be an option for you?
inkscape.org/
Inkscape - Draw Freely. | Inkscape
inkscape.orgMartin Owens
Unknown parent • • •@JoBlakely @mastodonmigration @stefan
I have always thought that introducing people to "Mastodon" was probably a mistake. What people need an invitation to join, and the materials templates to make it easy to join, would be local and club based servers which are advertised directly.
@davidrevoy Do you think we could pair up some of your cute drawings with an svg template to just pop in the details for any server which someone could print and hand out locally?
David Revoy
in reply to Martin Owens • • •@doctormo Sure! I illustrated for Framasoft many metaphorical representations of federated instances; all with sources (layers) and under CC-By. It can be a starting point.
Eg.
- peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/fra…
- peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/fra…
- peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/fra…
@JoBlakely @juergen_hubert @mastodonmigration @_elena @stefan
Framasoft - Pepper&Carrot
Pepper&CarrotStefan Bohacek
Unknown parent • • •@JoBlakely I definitely like this being a one-pager!
The biggest challenge here is that the site has been translated to over 20 languages, all manual work by volunteers, no machine or AI translation involved.
So as you can imagine the impact this has on content updates.
Still, let me give this a bit more thought and see how I can best implement some of this feedback.
Thank you!
@juergen_hubert @mastodonmigration @_elena