Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp | TechCrunch

Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations.

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"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 @jake4480 I think on the web there are cases where you may end up viewing another user's feed or post on *their* server and you can't immediately follow them because you aren't on *your* server.
@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