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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Bro, we did what?! What did you say about designers?!

No really, I don’t understand what you’re saying here. 

People are not going to learn about relays on signup … it’s why mastodon never took off because people didn’t know which server to join
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cloud fodder | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And I'm saying they ARE going to learn. 😎
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You can and should learn but it’s not something you want to deal with when signing up. You can, but you’re going to have people either totally confused or just skip that step by clicking anywhere that’s clickable.
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cloud fodder | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well it kinda doesn't matter because gossip/outbox makes it easier to configure, with a lot less learning if we just quit fear mongering about it.
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Karnage | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’m sold on it. Mike makes a good point.
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nielliesmons | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Agree. 
Keys & Relays (and Blossom servers for that matter) should be front & center.
Most of the other things are distractions, take up valuable onboarding time and confuse users more than they help them. 
(NIP-05, PIN code, lightning address, following individual suggested users, ...)