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I started onto Threads. I really tried to make Mastodon work for me, but the lack of discoverability killed it. As somebody with trans people in my family, ge
by Pxtl 3y ago
I started onto Threads.
I really tried to make Mastodon work for me, but the lack of discoverability killed it.
As somebody with trans people in my family, getting away from Musk's Twitter is a priority. But Twitter is where I get a lot of news and entertainment.
I would rather have seen Mastodon win, but their product just isn't good enough.
- coldcode 3y agoMastodon seems like nice people, but it's not well designed. So far, it seems people are posting stuff in the void and creating little conversation because everything rolls past you unless you are looking continuously. Even notifications are poorly designed as it keeps posting your content repeatedly for favorites, etc., so you have little overview of your interactions. I think it could be designed better but apparently, few changes are made to make it more usable.
- swayvil 3y ago>looking continuously. Ahhh! That is the key to the design. A network of users consuming and producing in real time. Weird feedback amplification effects. A vast beast with a million heads, muttering to itself. (Having your notifications turned on might be important for this to work. Remember that Black Mirror episode where having your notifications turned on was legally mandated.)
- swayvil 3y agoI can't deal with the way posts are arranged in mastodon. The "timeline" or whatever you call it. I want a tree of threads. Posts and replies. Like reddit and hn. It's the only way that makes sense. Boggling that they do it this way.
- jabradoodle 3y agoAs somebody with humans in my family, staying of democracy subverting Facebook is a priority.