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The FOSS community needs to stop getting so defensive about usability criticism and start seriously considering non-technical users if decentralized media platf
by DrewADesign 4y ago
The FOSS community needs to stop getting so defensive about usability criticism and start seriously considering non-technical users if decentralized media platforms will ever stand a chance at being a viable solution.
Not just interface layout or visual themes, either— design is a lot more than the way something looks. The whole experience from learning about the platform to becoming a regular user— including for people who don't read man pages on a regular basis— is important. As soon as I need to explain to my parents that "yes, it's all PeerTube but PeerTube is just the server software and my cousin's PeerTube instance they signed up with isn't connected to the PeerTube federated service and so they can't see videos from the the PeerTube for their guitar hobby group" then its all over. There is zero point zero percent chance it will become a viable public service without big changes.