Gregory's ServerI'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.
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  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 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.