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While I agree that the emphasis should be on the protocols traction is important and most people see the platform. It can also show some deficiencies of the pro
by MarceColl 9y ago
While I agree that the emphasis should be on the protocols traction is important and most people see the platform.
It can also show some deficiencies of the protocols which is always good.
I think most of these platforms do understand the need for true federation. For example Mastodon can now talk and
interact with PeerTube through ActivityPub, GNU Social and Mastodon can completely interoperate too.
- pmlnr 9y agoI'm deeply aware how important UX and the actual interfaces are; however, there are still some underdeveloped building blocks, which are not getting enough attention. It is true that user interfaces are just as important, but half-baked solutions might do more harm, than good, resulting in disappointment in those who'd be willing to try them out.
- kitotik 9y agoLeading with UX could be a good (the best?) way to both aid adoption by the normal folks AND let a sane set of requirements emerge that steers the solutions to the most desired set of problems. As much as most people on HN would like to have these protocols specified ‘correctly’, this feels like a situation where the perfect is the enemy of the good.
- pmlnr 9y agoNo need for perfect at all, see webmentions: it has a lot of room to grow (private mentions, vouch, etc), but in essence, the core is simple to adopt.