I’ve tried both [Lemmy and PieFed], and the UX is incredibly unintuitive and unpleasant. The main problem is that it’s quite hard to discover content you want while avoiding content you don’t, Bluesky at least has really good custom feeds that are easy to add (the default feed sucks). Another big issue is the general site layout, it’s hard to figure out how to do things as simple as saving a post for later or how to go back to the feed without being redirected back to the post I’m trying to exit.

Maybe they didn’t see the “Feeds” feature in PieFed? The top navigation menus in PieFed are a bit messy. Although shareable blocklists could be cool too, or maybe toxic?

That’s excluding the horrible lack of contrast most frontends use, which makes reading and parsing the site elements unnecessarily difficult (no Lemmy, grey text on a grey background is not good for readability).

I like the Lemmy colors, but maybe it should be easier to change, because they might like the darkly-pureblack theme.

Fediverse feels slower, but not in a good way. More of a ‘if I don’t use this for a week, I’ll see new things’. If I log in after 2 or 3 days, I’ll scroll for 10 minutes and see the stuff I saw last time.

Maybe this is a UX issue of not finding the right feed they would like.

I also want nsfw stuff now and then. I hate how censored the internet has become, at least with reddit if I want to see a bit of porn, I can.

Again maybe a UX issue of not presenting what communities they could subscribe to.

I tried twice to join those forums within the Fediverse and I can’t get past the captcha test. The fact that you need approval to validate your access doesn’t seem designed to encourage you to recommend it.

The captchas on Lemmy are AWFUL, I can’t do them either.

(that’s the “Medium” difficulty)

Lemmy v1.0 is adding the ability to do invites, so maybe there will be an invite-only instance that gets some momentum, that could be cool. Invite sites seems like a cool old-internet type of culture.

The fediverse stuff is way too complicated for me, Reddit is very easily accessible and actually has active communities for the topics I’m interested in.

Of course these are naturally going to be all negative because they’re users that bounced off the Threadiverse, but there’s probably hints to what can be improved

Are they using a 3rd party app like Voyager? It makes a big difference.

@fluffy 🫂

tell me wafrn WASN'T made for this layout I dare you.

damn ok wafrn has mastoapi now

i didn't actually process what this meant before now
#posted-from-outpost-fe

well well well. https://www.apollo.com/wealth/insights-news/insights/daily-spark/no-signs-of-ai-payoff-outside-the-tech-sector

Stop datakeskuksille!

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Mielenosoituksia luvassa myös muihin kaupunkeihin, pysy kuulolla!

Mielenosoituksen järjestävät Elokapina, Luontoliitto, Metsäliike ja Datakeskukset kuriin -kansalaisaloite

#mielenosoitukset #datakeskukset #ai #google

@dajb it's not a product.

@dgar

Water is wet
Sky is blue
10lb of flour makes a bloody big biscuit

#introduction

I am a political theory professor, writer and father living on Lekwungen territory in #VictoriaBC Canada. I'm a long-time social media lurker who is now considering posting. The Fediverse seems like the place to do it.

Professional interests: contemporary continental philosophy, early modern and post-enlightement political theory, new materialism, critical IR theory, Marxism and anarchism, post/anti-colonial theory, classical Chinese philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Indigenous political thought, Medieval political thought, abolitionist traditions.

Unprofessional Interests: Dance (contemporary and ballet specifically, but honestly anything), Jazz, experimental literature, comedy, Very Weird Music, silly pop culture commentary.

Willkommen, Zeitreisende. Ich hoffe, ihr habt die Chance sinnvoll genutzt, eine Stunde zurückspulen und noch einmal versuchen zu dürfen!

Ayer narré una partida de D&D con personajes de nivel 17. Mataron a un juez, un fiscal, un archimago y a Kas. Había una cabra sobrenatural que embestía a los enemigos y luego se fueron de fiesta a la corte de los unseelie fey. Una de las jugadoras hizo tanto daño en un turno que rompió la aplicación que usábamos para tirar los dados #rol #lodelrol

Wow, that’s pretty malicious, and good to know about

Oh shit, I think that’s why emails from my domain have been going to spam lately. I guess I fucked up my reputation with gmail. Currently registrations require approval, but they still send an email verification link. Maybe I’ll just close them. Thank you so much for pointing this out!

What the hell are Salvadoran soldiers doing in Haiti you may ask?? Doing the U.S.'s dirty work that's what. And Bukele is just ready to serve his people up for the sacrifice of empire.

#USpol #Haiti