So, confession time: I was recently helping a new client get set up on the Fediverse—guiding them through their first steps into our glorious decentralized galaxy. And seeing it all again through fresh eyes?
Reader, it was brutal.
So much of what should be table stakes for any social media UX in the year of our Lord 2025 still is missing or deeply broken still. I know progress has been made and a good fight, fought.
I think starting a discussion about these kinds of issues is important.
It’s an area where all of OSS has issues. It comes with projects being developed by individuals their own requirements.
The challenge comes when “we” (the tech community) want to see such projects expand… Into the non-tech community. If that’s to happen with any project, the requirements of that community need to be considered.
And they’re a fickle bunch that are unwilling to learn how stuff works.