So, confession time: I was recently helping a new client get set up on the Fediverse—guiding them through their first steps into our glorious decentralized galaxy. And seeing it all again through fresh eyes?
Reader, it was brutal.
So much of what should be table stakes for any social media UX in the year of our Lord 2025 still is missing or deeply broken still. I know progress has been made and a good fight, fought.
In my circle people understand emails, and they aren’t easily stupified by smallest things and don’t rage quit on encountering first unknown word. I have no idea how people think and don’t really want to. Blog post insists on corporate metrics for conversions and whatever for registration flows, you on kids not getting simple concepts.
Fedi grows in organic ways and isn’t an interesting place for everyone and that’s fine.