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If you look at a piece of software like Facebook, it used to be much simpler several years ago. Features like games, dating, marketplace and videos have been ad
by tachyonbeam 6y ago
If you look at a piece of software like Facebook, it used to be much simpler several years ago. Features like games, dating, marketplace and videos have been added, but I think that the large majority of users only cares about messaging, sharing content and events.
FB is adding features to try to keep users on the site, and as a competitive moat, but in the process, they are making the user interface increasingly hard to navigate... There's just so much going on. I know that multiple times, I was looking for the place on my profile, trying to find where I could see all the photos I'd uploaded, and not finding it.
I'm not sure FB videos is really good for users. YouTube offers a much better service, that's searchable from the outside. FB dating is currently terrible compared to OKCupid and even Tinder. It definitely looks like bloat.
That being said, I agree with you about OSS projects being simple by necessity. I've had to give up a successful OSS project I started because reviewing pull requests was becoming a second job on top of my full-time day job.