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So a short while back someone told me what I wrote about Mastodon on Patreon was a more clear description than anything we have on joinmastodon.org. Is that true? Should I copy it over?
@gargron 1/2 I strongly recommend against. I'm a developer and can appreciate the structure and implementation of elegant projects such as Mastodon, but as a user I'm interested in "what does X do for me? How do I do it? What part of the user experience differentiates X and makes it better?" Projects with technical and implementation front pages are at best navel gazing, and at worst indicate a "we don't give a shit about users" attitude. In that case I always go somewhere else.
@gargron 2/2 once I'm interested in a project and want to extend it or contribute, then I want the technical details. So an easy to find front page link to technical/contributor stuff is great. Until then, though, I don't care if something's implemented in the cloud using a combination of Rust, Go, and ActivityPub, or implemented by a band of caffeine crazed penguins on South Georgia Island using Snobol4.