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As I end-of-life my Mastodon sunrise/sunset bot, it seems an appropriate time to vent my complaints about Mastodon as a platform. v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-int…

Mastodon Exit Interview

I am currently winding down the Mastodon bots I used to post sunrise and sunset times. The precipitating event is that the admin of the instance hosting the associated accounts demanded they be made nigh-undiscoverable, but the underlying cause is th…
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Robert Boler
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Thanks for the respectful & thorough notes. I absolutely love what the federated web is trying to do, and Mastodon is my only “guilt-free” social site.

But as a UX designer (and a guy who wants his non-techie friends to feel comfortable enough with the federated web to move over from Insta / X), it’s hard seeing concerns about usability (and your other points) dismissed in order to keep the club small.

I hope this inspires change, either at here or a new site.

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Eugen Rochko
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Dismissed by whom?
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Rob Shearer
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@Gargron @rcbo mastodon.social/@GroupNebula56…

Furbland's Very Cool Mastodon™

2025-04-10 22:57:57

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The problem here (and the problem that the infamous "Mastodon Won't Survive" article had years ago) is that you're evaluating the network compared to traditional social media. There is a clear difference, and while I think many of your points are valid and improvements do need to be made, this is more akin to saying the entire internet is bad because one browser stinks in your opinion.

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@rcbo This is not an employee or representative of Mastodon, their view does not reflect on or affect the design and usability of the platform.
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@Gargron Not by you, to my knowledge. Generally, the sentiment of replies from folks here when I mention the need for it to be easy for non-techies to join, is a reaction of fear. Like it’s best as exclusive club.

That, and a few other UX barriers to “normie” usage (e.g. easy cross-server interactions & global-ish search) still make it a hard sell to friends. #UX was mentioned as a big barrier in a “Fedi House” event at SXSW.

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Furbland's Very Cool Mastodon™
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The problem here (and the problem that the infamous "Mastodon Won't Survive" article had years ago) is that you're evaluating the network compared to traditional social media. There is a clear difference, and while I think many of your points are valid and improvements do need to be made, this is more akin to saying the entire internet is bad because one browser stinks in your opinion.

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