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@oblomov @libreoffice funny, although unsurprising that X users think Mastodon is too hard to use, or otherwise bad.
It's nice hanging out here with the other geniuses who can figure out how to use it.
I don't think that people are lying?
You could argue that they "just" need to put in a bit more effort, but maybe it's best to find ways to further improve the user experience?
There's some really low hanging fruit, like https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/37690.
@stefan @SciPolTech @ghouston @oblomov @libreoffice people are "lying" because they're discounting that their friend groups are the ones who educate them.
"There's this new site called Facebook, let me help you sign up." Followed by "everyone can see the message you just wrote. 😳 Let me show you how to..." etc.
Expecting zero friction is exhausting.
@wavefunction I don't know, I'm still just not really convinced that people lying about how difficult Mastodon/fediverse is being a major reason people prefer Bluesky.
But then you also say people expect zero friction.
Is this actually true? Any way to back this up?
People complain about user experience on Bluesky all the time. No edit button. No private posts. Etc. And as Bluesky slowly works towards greater decentralization, we'll see more challenges.
But I trust that there will be more attention put towards easing those there, rather than blame the user.
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