Reasons to use your OSSN

Franck Masson Posted in General Discussion 10 months ago

Hi all,
This is a general discussion about : how to convince users to join your ossn social network and make them use it instead of staying in other SN (fb, x, WhatsApp...)?

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Dutch Harry Stok Replied 10 months ago

Just too much on my mind this morning, but now in English:
I got disconnected from fb because of my reference to dvnet.nl lololol
I now have to make do with mastaodon and bluesky. and local activities.

Dutch Eric redegeld Replied 10 months ago

for the others, i answer in english.
This one is also mine https://mastodon.education/deck/getting-started

Dutch Harry Stok Replied 10 months ago

Ik ben van fb afgesloten vanwege mijn verwijzing naar dvnet.nl lololol
Ik moet het nu doen met mastaodon en bluesky. en lokale activiteiten.

Dutch Eric redegeld Replied 10 months ago

i do my best, promote nlsociaal.nl as the place to be instead of FB. even put it in the newspaper ;-)
C:\Users\Eric Redegeld\OneDrive\Afbeeldingen\Screenshots

Running on superfast VPS helps, and what would also really help is for example the fancy url i have been working on
https://github.com/compie67/ossn-GroupSlugRouter

make it save and easy going to join helps also.
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Dutch Harry Stok Replied 10 months ago

It is not so easy to get people out of their bubble, especially in europe. Once stuck in something, there is no coke that gets them out.

Competition like peepso (wordpress) didn't get it done in a year, and see it going the same way with Ossn.

You can give them as much as the technology allows and advertise on various media, response is almost to no response. And believe me I've tried dozens of ways now. But we remain positive.

Indonesian Arsalan Shah Replied 10 months ago

Clearly state your unique benefit example features. Reach out to relevant communities and your existing network. Offer early adopter incentives. Focus on building a strong, engaging community from the start. Also this question you need to answer yourself first example why did you created social network? why its better? does it give user control? and no censorship? no restrictions ? so they can enjoy posting?