Some FOSS projects put a lot of work into UX, which is really great! Compare two implementations of OStatus-compatible social networks: GNU-Social and Mastodon

Some FOSS projects put a lot of work into UX, which is really great! Compare two implementations of OStatus-compatible social networks: GNU-Social and Mastodon. GNU-social: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/GNU_social_web_frontend_with_Swedish_localization.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/GNU_soci... Mastodon: http://wikigeek.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mastodon.png http://wikigeek.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mastodon.png Mastodon is a lot better for the average joe, but the important piece from this is that its predecessors, GNU-social and StatusNet, helped show that this sort of application can work--and I'm sure the development of Mastodon was easier because many of its challenges were solved already by other free software projects. The neat thing about all these social networks is that they're federated, which means a user on mastodon can send a message to someone using gnu-social or pump.io and vice versa. That's the magic of free software!