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A tech echo chamber is the last thing people want. The beauty of Facebook and other proprietary social media, for all their flaws, is that they gained acceptanc
by Nextgrid 5y ago
A tech echo chamber is the last thing people want. The beauty of Facebook and other proprietary social media, for all their flaws, is that they gained acceptance among non-tech people because they focus on actual functionality & user experience as opposed to technicalities that only nerds care about.
Mastodon and similar projects are and have always been dead when it comes to mainstream acceptance; I could spend 20 minutes writing a lengthy post but here's a good start: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14579504 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14579504
- edmcnulty101 5y agoHey I can't argue. I use Ubuntu Desktop but it's still a long way from the OS X user UX experience both in design and being bug free. We need something open source that considers the user experience first and foremost.
- Nextgrid 5y agoUnfortunately a lot of open source cares more about ideological wars (such as about systemd, or Debian not including proprietary network card firmware by default) than actually solving a real problem.