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 And I don't mean to be smug, but what's with the aversion to trying new things? It's almost as though everyone on Mastodon is playing out the plot of Green Eggs & Ham on a mass scale. You don't know if you're going to like something unless you try it. 18 comments
 @atomicpoet That's not exclusive of fediverse software. Many open source projects don't have any focus on UX/UI, and that's a factor of why many users reject open source. It's sad but I think that's one of the reasons.  Look, I’m not telling any of you to use other Fediverse software if you’re totally satisfied with your experience and lack any curiosity. But if you want a feature, and it exists elsewhere on the Fediverse… why not use the software that has those features? @atomicpoet Is there a "thing" where you can put your must haves, would likes, etcs and it points you at three or four you could check out? @atomicpoet I *like* toying with software. I like learning it, tweaking it, etc. etc. But most people don’t, so learning a new app is a barrier to what they actually want - doubly so in the open source world where #UX is an afterthought at best. So why try 5 platforms that may or may not offer a feature in a way you like, have terrible onboarding and are undoubtedly missing some aspect of #mastodon that you want? Who has that kind of time? @atomicpoet This reminds me of the era when people claimed that Linux On The Desktop was going to take over the world, but their standard response to “it doesn’t have basic feature X” was “sure it does, it’s just in this other ‘distro’, so you’ll have to install a new system to get it”. More generally, if I was ever tempted to publicly wish that users would put in more effort, I’d know it was time for me to take a break. @mpt Sorry, how is trying a new service anything like installing a new OS? And what am I supposed to be taking a break from?  @atomicpoet I think the switching costs for social software are higher for many people (just setting up an account doesn’t really test social software - you also need to have folks to talk with - and for many asking a network to join you on a new platform is a big ask. Or you have to follow and interact with mostly strangers (which is also a big ask for many). Or for example your posted image of the Bluesky feed wasn’t all in English - as a non-speaker I couldn’t understand the feed w/o tools  @atomicpoet Because for a lot of people, it was a hurdle to pick an instance. They just wanted to join something like Mastodon with a join, not look around and make a decision before they could sign up to Mastodon, but not really, just an instance of it. They don't need more than what they found, they don't want to have to learn about other stuff they really don't understand or want to understand. They are tired, busy, just wanted a substitute for the fascist site. ;) @CStamp Which is fine until people start asking, "Why can't I do X?" In which case, I have to say, "Well, you can -- just not on Mastodon." And then they ask me to explain it -- and I really, really just wish they would try it out and discover it for themselves. It would save so much time. @atomicpoet I find it quite funny that this attitude is so prevalent here considering a lot of the same people give others grief for not leaving twitter and coming over here. If they don’t want to try new things themselves, how can they be upset when others don’t want to uproot from their previous social media home and come here? @atomicpoet I endorse this attitude! however, the masses do not tick like that (much to our advantage) @atomicpoet for me, I try to keep my online footprint small and minimize creating accounts because they often can’t be deleted. That being said, PixelFed looks awesome. |
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I'll be real. I've used Fediverse software with a UI/UX so horrendous, I wonder how it ever made it into production.
Still, I learned something even from terrible software -- and I'm grateful that I tried it out.