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I've been trying lemmy just to be sure I wasn't being unfair towards the project. I completely agree with everything you just wrote. The usability is downright
by Sakos 3y ago
I've been trying lemmy just to be sure I wasn't being unfair towards the project. I completely agree with everything you just wrote. The usability is downright awful and I don't see how normies are supposed to use this.
And it's not like it's impossible. There are such obvious pain points that could be addressed that would immediately make it significantly more viable, yet it's the usual OSS/Linux story that it's "good enough" or the usual attitude of "don't complain, we're doing this for free" or "then do it yourself".
What's good enough for people who know what federation is and are motivated by that to use lemmy isn't good enough for your average guy or girl who just wants random shit to read or watch when they're bored.
- GravitasFailure 3y agoThe friction seems to be a selling point for a significant number of users that want to keep Joe and Jane Average out. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, but it seems unlikely that any ActivityPub-based system will ever a 1:1 replacement for Reddit or Twitter or see nearly the scale of use that those platforms currently enjoy.
- unshavedyak 3y agoFair. I’m loving Mastodon and etc, and frankly a big selling point is that it’s not the Reddit or Twitter audience. If they joined my next desire would be looking for smaller instances or communities to filter out the vibe of Reddit. That’s also a big reason why I come to HN. It isn’t Reddit. Though that’s getting worse as it grows, of course