Been messing with #surf all weekend. I think the @theverge did a great job of describing what it’s all about / how it fits into the wider social web product space on the #Vergecast .
My biggest issue is knowing where a post has come from. I don’t know if I’m “liking” a Bluesky item, or a Mastodon one, and so on.
Maybe I shouldn’t care?
@hazz223 @theverge for people joining the social web via a site like the verge they won’t need to worry about this. It just works just the same as how people don’t need to know what phone service of type of phone they are calling or texting someone with.
Ironically for people like you and me who have mastodon accounts and Bluesky accounts this is a bit more complex because we might care which accounts are responding etc. in various situations. You can often tell just by looking at the username. But sometimes that’s not clear enough so we might start using small icons to indicate this. Or we might make this an option for those who don’t want more icon clutter. What do you think?
@mike @theverge I can see the phone carrier text message analogy. Makes sense.
I think for me, a small icon per service would be great. Or a slight colour card background/boarder colour change? No idea. Just something subtle so it doesn’t bother those who don’t care 🤷♂️.
In case I didn’t make it clear earlier though; really liking what #Surf is bringing to the table 👍
Harry W.
Mike McCue