Post #1752788 · Elektrine

2026-02-24 14:43 UTC

@stefan @ghouston @oblomov @libreoffice yeah, I'm all in favour of usability improvements. Nothing complex is ever finished and certainly not perfect. I just don't see how anyone who can function unaided in the general world can't use mastodon, especially someone who has used Twitter / X. Really the only 'issues' I can imagine are initial uncertainty about choosing an instance, and the fact that 'feed' will be very quiet unless / until you proactively populate it.

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@SciPolTech@mastodon.online 2026-02-24 14:46

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online I hope and tend to assume unless shown otherwise that outright lying may is rare, but I do strongly suspect that some people who parrot the 'unusable' line have put zero (or close to) effect in to really trying it.

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@stefan@stefanbohacek.online 2026-02-24 15:02

@SciPolTech@mastodon.online I don't really have much more to add here, just that this attitude of disbelief is not very helpful, and contributes to people's view of the fediverse as gatekeepy and condescending. Better to listen to people, trust them, and think creatively about how to address their problems. @ghouston@mamot.fr @oblomov@sociale.network @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

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@nitrml@tyrol.social 2026-02-24 18:31

@SciPolTech@mastodon.online my pet theory is that for some reason these people are using twitter on desktop. Using Mastodon in an app is ridiculously easy imo, but in webui there is still friction with the federated nature.

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