Jake in the desertPiece on Masto being TechCrunched today: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/mastodon-is-making-its-decentralized-social-network-easier-to-use-with-its-latest-revamp
rootCompute:\@jake4480 These all look like positive changes. I always seem to have a knee jerk reaction to UI changes on websites that I frequent, I'm not sure I love the new profile layout so far but will inevitably get used to it in a matter of days
@rootcompute exactly. I didn't see anything jarring that stood out as super unacceptable. Especially if they're big quality of life changes people have been asking for, etc.
On My Walk@jake4480
"The process for following others on the service can be cumbersome, too." -- Oh yes, that single click to follow another user is *so* cumbersome. WTF are they talking about?!
"The process for following others on the service can be cumbersome, too." -- Oh yes, that single click to follow another user is *so* cumbersome. WTF are they talking about?!
@onmywalk I personally will never understand claims of how it's so tough to start here. I didn't find it tough but I guess some people would struggle with something like that? No idea. I tend to mess around with something til it works. I suspect some people don't have patience for this? Which is strange to me, yeah 😂
Slab Bulkhead@slab_bulkhead @onmywalk I mean that aspect of it took a LITTLE getting used to.. And the whole onboarding thing, I guess some people find the choosing a server thing challenging?
@jake4480 @onmywalk I've certainly been on the internet long before it was "optimized for conversion", but presumably many haven't. Everything is "an app". I also know some people get paralyzed by choice.
I appreciate that Mastodon has been both receptive to feedback about these thing but also deliberate in their responses. (At least long-term, I know people weren't happy they defaulted everyone to dot social for awhile.)
@slab_bulkhead @onmywalk yeah, that's true - defaulting to one main instance is no good either- really kills the whole point of being decentralized, right