mhoyeSpending thirty million dollars to somehow force bluesky to interoperate with a copy of itself while people are out here connecting C64s, AA-powered PalmPilots, aquarium pumps and toothbrushes to the Fediverse is definitely an entire idea.
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Christiaan Moleman@ninjadodo @mhoye @gnomon UX is an issue, but I think the perception of the complexity of onboarding is something that we collectively can help with.
@WTL Explanations and communication can be improved, but it's not just a perception that setup and use is difficult, it IS measurably more complicated in several ways than using other social media.
I think the main obstacle is that inter-server interactions need to be made completely seamless for the user (with zero extra hassle) and moving to a different server needs to be improved starting with auto-import of your follows, not just follow-ERS.
@WTL Oh and posts... it also really needs to be able to transfer all your old posts automatically.
Ideally there should also be some kind of optional mechanism for having a full backup in case a server goes down suddenly, so you can still start over even if it's too late to move the normal way.
Without that there isn't enough stability to feel fully safe building up your social network here, if it can just disappear overnight because your server admin had a bad day, or life happened.
@ninjadodo Agreed. I think the hardest thing is that the todo list is massive and the team working on it is very small. I imagine that the process of prioritizing what to focus on is a huge challenge.