Johannes ErnstFeb 26, 2025
Crowdsourcing ... for my talk about UX in the Fediverse and the social web, what do **you** think the biggest challenges are for user experience today?
Show threadMaestro MushiFeb 26, 2025
@j12t a way to make federation less complicated for newcomers, a lot of people feel like they have to understand federation to join mastodon and that turns them off the service, so they go to bluesky because it’s “ethical but not complicated”. So fully an experience thing
Show threadJohannes ErnstFeb 26, 2025
@Mushi ty, follow-up: why do you think people need to understand federation first?
Show threadMaestro Mushi
@j12t it’s not that I feel that way, I agree that they don’t have to, but most of my friends that I’ve tried to bring over after they left swastwitter have chosen bluesky over mastodon because they say mastodon instances are too complicated.
Feb 26, 2025 at 5:03amWeb
Show threadJohannes ErnstFeb 26, 2025
@Mushi Even if you point them to a particular instance where to sign up? I can understand that choosing an instance upfront is a high hurdle for somebody who doesn't know what the whole system is all about.
Show threadMaestro MushiFeb 26, 2025
@j12t yeah, that’s exactly it.
Show threadnarF 😵✌️Mar 2, 2025
@j12t @Mushi I had success inviting people to my instance and not explaining federation until they asked questions about it.