River@riverpunk@defcon.social
@julian@fietkau.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @andypiper@macaw.social Suppose we created a shortlist of servers. (Maybe something like 8 or 10?) We give each server a simple little icon. You know, like, "house" "bird" "cup" "mail". Each user then just remembers this little associated ID, acting basically as a shortname or a checksum for the full server name. Then they just remember "I'm johnsmith with the little bird icon".
Maybe we don't like the icons, we use something else. Some other piece of memorized data that's a hell of a lot easier to keep in your head then some domain name that looks just like all the other domain names. As servers come and go, we add new icons (or whatever thing we pick) to the list to represent new servers on the shortlist of possible servers.
Just an idea is all.
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@riverpunk@defcon.social @julian@fietkau.social @andypiper@macaw.social
People learn stuff when they find it useful. My granny knew dozens of phone numbers off by heart because she used them regularly. How many people today know a single phone number off by heart?
If people get used to servers, they will remember them.
If you never ever expose people to servers, they will never even have a chance to learn.
