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I feel like its design will end up creating a separate space by itself. The kinds of features, how the onboarding is set up, who the devs are, etc influences th

by KTibow 3y ago

I feel like its design will end up creating a separate space by itself. The kinds of features, how the onboarding is set up, who the devs are, etc influences the kinds of people who sign up.

CactusBlue 3y ago
Dev here. We're aware of this, and "creating a separate space" is probably necessary - our featuresets are designed to give anyone the power to run their own Space. All in all, I think the bigger influence is who's already on the platform, which I will go into more depth in the next part of this blog. We want to build an extensible system for building your own space.
- Charon77 3y ago
  Isn't this the Fediverse?
  - CactusBlue 3y ago
    No, and there are many ways we diverge: - Mikoto builds on real-time, push-based messaging. We felt that for a social plaform that defines the next generation, having it update real-time is necessary. - Mikoto builds on the assumption that your Space is private by default, and only what you decide to make public is shown to the unauthorized internet. - We aim to maintain a logical separation of operators (handles technical side of server hosting, and physical nodes) and owners (runs Spaces).
- cactusfrog 3y ago
  Will I be able to change the space I’m in based on my mood? It would be fun if I could manipulate the algorithm serving me content in real time. For example, I would like to turn on “make me sad” mode or “make me want to exercise” mode.
  - CactusBlue 3y ago
    Spaces are similar to Discord "Servers" or Slack "Workspaces" (but more extensible through the Space owner by extensions); you can be part of multiple spaces at once. There is minimal algorithm on the main feed, apart from the ones you add through extensions.
20after4 3y ago
There really doesn't seem to be much to say about the "onboarding" ... unless I'm missing something, it just dumped me into an empty interface and invites me to create my own space or enter an invite code. Lacking an invite code there doesn't seem to be any way to join a demo space in order to get a feel for how it even works. Quite anticlimactic, IMO.
- CactusBlue 3y ago
  a button to join a "demo space" has been requested often - this is the highest priority now, and I'm working on it; sorry if you've been having a hard time joining!
danlugo92 3y ago
Nobody ever cares about the owners, look at at the tech products still being used and their owners appeared in a certain passenger list...

by KTibow 3y ago

I feel like its design will end up creating a separate space by itself. The kinds of features, how the onboarding is set up, who the devs are, etc influences the kinds of people who sign up.

CactusBlue 3y ago

Dev here. We're aware of this, and "creating a separate space" is probably necessary - our featuresets are designed to give anyone the power to run their own Space. All in all, I think the bigger influence is who's already on the platform, which I will go into more depth in the next part of this blog. We want to build an extensible system for building your own space.

Charon77 3y ago
Isn't this the Fediverse?
- CactusBlue 3y ago
  No, and there are many ways we diverge: - Mikoto builds on real-time, push-based messaging. We felt that for a social plaform that defines the next generation, having it update real-time is necessary. - Mikoto builds on the assumption that your Space is private by default, and only what you decide to make public is shown to the unauthorized internet. - We aim to maintain a logical separation of operators (handles technical side of server hosting, and physical nodes) and owners (runs Spaces).
cactusfrog 3y ago
Will I be able to change the space I’m in based on my mood? It would be fun if I could manipulate the algorithm serving me content in real time. For example, I would like to turn on “make me sad” mode or “make me want to exercise” mode.
- CactusBlue 3y ago
  Spaces are similar to Discord "Servers" or Slack "Workspaces" (but more extensible through the Space owner by extensions); you can be part of multiple spaces at once. There is minimal algorithm on the main feed, apart from the ones you add through extensions.

20after4 3y ago

There really doesn't seem to be much to say about the "onboarding" ... unless I'm missing something, it just dumped me into an empty interface and invites me to create my own space or enter an invite code. Lacking an invite code there doesn't seem to be any way to join a demo space in order to get a feel for how it even works. Quite anticlimactic, IMO.

CactusBlue 3y ago
a button to join a "demo space" has been requested often - this is the highest priority now, and I'm working on it; sorry if you've been having a hard time joining!

danlugo92 3y ago

Nobody ever cares about the owners, look at at the tech products still being used and their owners appeared in a certain passenger list...