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Mastodon reminds me of Woznaik's vision of what Apple should be and could be (in contrast to Steve's). It's totally awesome but lacks key insights of branding,
by systemvoltage 5y ago
Mastodon reminds me of Woznaik's vision of what Apple should be and could be (in contrast to Steve's). It's totally awesome but lacks key insights of branding, marketing, and understanding users. This thing is built by geeks for other geeks.
- ryukafalz 5y agoI see comments like this all the time, but rarely do they include which key insights, or how you would do it better. How would you do it better?
- smt88 5y agoCentralization is the main thing. Geeks like us hate it, but mainstream users love the benefits it brings them. Federated services are confusing and create a lot of UX friction, and the average user doesn't understand what the benefits are.
- ryukafalz 5y agoEmail is federated and people manage to use that just fine. Why are other federated services different?