Are we there yet?

  • Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
    12·
    3 years ago

    We are not ready neither on the user-side but also on the mod-side. Lemmy and kbin needs time to mature. This jump of popularity is good for lemmy as a platform but this will be rough.

  • lamentforicarus@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    3 years ago

    I’m a normie and I get it. Surely there are more than just the tech people capable of understanding how the system works. It can be a bit confusing at first, but all that is needed is a really good guide explaining how to use the fediverse.

      • schreiblehrling@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        I am using the Mlem beta and while it is getting better with every update, it’s still far away from being usable by „the normies“ (i.e. every non-early-adopter). Plus, we need more than one good app, because taste is different. Lemmy moderation tools seem to be no so mature as well. it just seems like Lemmy would need a few more years, in my opinion.

  • Bloodbeech Forest@mander.xyzEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    Some things I think are needed first:

    • greatly improved UX for handling links to content hosted on other instances: you shouldn’t have to use the inconspicuous search function to access it via your instance,
    • community collections: aggregating communities by topic each with a clear overview, their own feed and a nice, convenient way to create and view crossposts between them,
    • more polished and stable app(s),
    • ease of migrating between instances (massive bonus if we can have portable identities),
    • a change in how we present the core idea behind the federation model: it’s not about aggregation (this misconception leads to frustration over “fragmentation”), it’s about community self-governance/autonomy and error-correction (as in making it easier for communities to migrate if authority is abused).
  • latte@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    3 years ago

    well… i’m here and i have a 401k i check twice a week and a honda civic, so now?

  • NeonPayload@infosec.pubEnglish
    1·
    3 years ago

    Not tell we can post affectingly to other instances with ease. quite a few still hang on posting for me at least.

    • 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyzOPEnglish
      2·
      3 years ago

      That precise issue inspired me to make this post; it was actually a test post from mander to beehaw to verify it actually worked :D I do think its mostly an issue of performance, and poor exception handling / propagating errors to the user. Some clear error messages about what went wrong goes a long way to ease something not working even if you haven’t fixed the underlying issue.