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 threadExEr7umFeb 26, 2025

@j12t I think the main issues are with content:

1. A lot of people have migrated to BlueSky, making it very hard to interact with them and read their content. I now need a separate account to use BlueSky because bridging isn’t enabled by default.

2. There is currently no proper way to discover content. When I use Threads or BlueSky, I get content recommendations, allowing me to discover new authors to read, but Mastodon lacks this feature.

Show threadnarF 😵✌️Mar 2, 2025

@exer7um @j12t Threads and Bluesky spends so much on marketing and recruiting influencers. We don't have that kind of money here.

They have hundreds of paid staff (engineers, programmers, designers, marketers, etc) while we have like... 3?4? 😅

Show threadExEr7umMar 3, 2025
@narF I don’t actually think the problem is with the content itself (authors, influencers). I think the issue is with the discoverability of that content. I’ve found some authors I’d like to read, but I discovered all of them purely by luck. Other social networks provide recommendations, but Mastodon does not. The only way to find new content is to check the trending page on my server, which is always filled with politics.
Show threadCognitive DissidenceMar 4, 2025
@exer7um @narF
I can't speak for anyone else, but seeing stuff in my feed that "the algorithm" thinks I might like is one of the things I hated about Twitter and Facebook.
Show threadExEr7um
@Jonstewartmill that’s why I said (in another reply) it should only be an option and definitely not the default. I use the following feed the most on other social networks, but I’d still like the option to get recommendations to discover new content.
Mar 4, 2025 at 3:29pmIvory for Mac
Show threadCognitive DissidenceMar 4, 2025
@exer7um
That's fair. I check the "federated" feed from time to time, but it's purely random.