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Mastodon and ActivityPub in general have UX issues. I can't imagine trying to explain to non-technical users why they have to open a pop-up window to another we
by disintegore 4y ago
Mastodon and ActivityPub in general have UX issues. I can't imagine trying to explain to non-technical users why they have to open a pop-up window to another website just to be able to follow someone, or why people keep changing handles, etc etc.
For most people using social media outside of the context of a professional organization, it also means trusting whoever operates the instance, most of which will probably be less reliable and potentially trustworthy than Twitter was or currently is under Musk ownership.
- guelo 4y agoIn the first week Musk has already shown that his Twitter will erratically push out poorly thought out policy changes on a whim. Definitely not giving "reliable" vibes.
- disintegore 4y agoIt's crazy how well this comment aged.
- yamtaddle 4y agoIn an alternate, saner universe we normalized running "apps" backed by email rather than only backed by the Web, and Twitter and Facebook are just special email readers made by companies worth low-tens-of-millions of dollars.