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Bluesky posts are finally open to the public (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bluesky posts are finally open to the public::Bluesky remains an invite-only decentralized Twitter alternative, but now, you don’t need to be logged in to be able to see posts on the platform. The app has a new logo, too.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

People like to pretend Mastodon is confusing

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Mastodon is confusing mostly because it doesn't help you in any way, it just sits there and goes "you have no feeds". Well what am I supposed to do about that?

There doesn't seem to be a "discover" feature so you have to just magically know the usernames people already on the platform and then add them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is at the top of all of the mastodon servers I have an account on. If someone lacks the curiosity to click the word explore, then that is on them, not on the tech.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If someone lacks the curiosity to click the word explore

The cries of every dev throughout programming history. Why are the users so stupid?

But the thing is, uses are stupid. People get confused if you put "sign in" instead of "log in'. If lots of people think that Mastodon is confusing then Mastodon is confusing. The consensus cannot be wrong. You might disagree with it but it cannot be wrong.

It requires a UX overhaul by someone who actually understands UX and researches it. I used to do UX as my job specialization and trust me everyone thinks it's easy and it isn't.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pretend? I'm a computer nerd and I put off signing up for Mastodon for months because of how complicated it is. I completely understand why normies nope the hell off.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Im an idiotic old man who can barely repair my PC anymore and it was very easy to make an account here and on mastodon. Dunno what people are on about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It's not creating the account that is the problem. It's learning what you should know about the instance you choose, then choosing an instance, and understanding how the federation of posts work. Etc.