Shelton Bumgarner @Migukin@octodon.social

@cdevroe

I agree. but.....I generally think everything is horrible so I map out in my head all the ways things could go horribly wrong. :-)

@cdevroe

that's kind of their purpose when it comes to platforms. If you can get past the dumb reporter reporting on it phase, then you're probably going to be a success. and there's something to be said for organic growth. but don't dismiss the need to see a service from a reporter's point of view. they're an important part of the growth of a service.

@cdevroe

I don't have a problem with that. but, again, I'm saying I know how reporters think. and they will see this and say: more difficult to use, more sensitive user base and there's this weird thing where you don't have a single ID. that's all I'm saying. again, I love this service so far and will try my best to abide by its norms.

@bksmgglr

good question. I love it because I have been on the Internet for 20 years and have some experience with such things. but I am a reporter by trade and generally reporters are completely unable to understand anything new. so, they initially dismiss it as horrible and only look for reasons not to use it.

an observation

I am all for organic growth and hate marketing as much as anyone else, but if you want this service to succeed, you're going to have to think like a mainstream press person. And, right now, I could see any number of angles about this service that would not be flattering -- even though I, as a user, love it so far.

an observation

huh. now I know why the extremes have taken over politics. they're the only ones willing to have any debate at all, if this service is any indication.

@bottitytto pretty much. you have to look into the soul of the service and ask what it is. is it a refuge from Twitter for easily triggered tech people, or is it an open source competitor to Twitter? If it's the latter, then ID management is something that has to be address ASAP. Otherwise, a startup with a single server setup like Twitter will eventually swoop in and make all of this moot.

@bottitytto I would compare it to how they've managed to make even Linux "easy" to use with a nice shiny GUI. I could see a setup whereby you would have a list of instances and a button you would tick off to "save" your ID on those instances. That's it. no more thinking than that. #UX #UI

@bottitytto I agree, in general, but if you want this to compete against Twitter, you'd have to dumb it down so even the most brain dead person could do it intuitively :-)

@bottitytto yes, that's what I was thinking. if you can manage your ID on other instances within one instance, then the issue of a central log-in system becomes moot.

@DNA i have a few movie ideas I nee a collaborator to work on. :-)

idea: as part of an build-in management system your ID on other instances, you would also have a little blurb associated with each instance, to give you some sense of its "personality."

#UX #UI

idea: some way build into each instance to allow you to manage your ID on OTHER instances. that would be one way to work around no central log-in system. #UX #UI

@BaptistePhilippe @manager entirely random.

given that the federated timeline soaks up all your attention, it should be 2/3s of the screen on desktop in my opinion. #UX #UI

@DNA Foundation is my favorite space opera.

politics

so, really, politics is dead. If only people with extreme views are willing to debate issues at all, then we're totally, entirely screwed.

Civil society is dead.

meh

It is completely alien to me that someone would be so sensitive that they simply refuse to engage at all in any discussion _at all_ simply because they don't want their existing beliefs examined. That kind of blows my mind.

We're all doomed folks, we really are.