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which exact part is frustrating? there are some additional twitter-like mobile clients, i.e. - https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/29/tapbots-ivory-mastodon-app

by dym_sh 4y ago

which exact part is frustrating? there are some additional twitter-like mobile clients, i.e. - https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/29/tapbots-ivory-mastodon-app/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/29/tapbots-ivory-mastodon-... which supposedly fix the difference

notatoad 4y ago
my main frustration right now is the inability to follow somebody on a different instance from a web link, coupled with all instances using the same theme. when somebody links to https://mas.to/@paulg https://mas.to/@paulg, i end up on a site that looks exactly the same as mastodon.social, except i can't sign in to it, and i can't actually click the follow button there. if i want to follow @paulg, i have to go to my instance and search for @paulg@mas.to
- joshlemer 4y ago
  Agreed, this is annoying. I just have to go back to my instance, and search for the link (https://mas.to/@paulg https://mas.to/@paulg) in the search bar, then I can follow them.
  - dym_sh 4y ago
    you can pin tab with your instance, or even open it in a sidebar - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webpage-sidebar/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webpage-sideb... if that's the biggest obstacle
    - dbish 4y ago
      both those options are bad UX and papercuts that cause me to not want to use it. if you "just" have to take a second step or prepare your environment in a particular way for the most important part of a social network, following someone, that's a dealbreaker.
      - dym_sh 4y ago
        yeah, i have no idea how people seem to use internet for everything but cant bring themselves to copy paste a single url maybe it just show how little someone else's content is important to you
        notatoad 4y ago
        >maybe it just show how little someone else's content is important to you i mean that's pretty much it. i barely care about the whole thing, but if it's easy enough it's a bit of decent time waster. twitter was easy enough, adding the tiniest of steps is enough to make me decide i don't really care. Mastodon's UX isn't bad, it's just not actively pressuring me into interacting more than i really want to, the way twitter generally did/does.
- dym_sh 4y ago
  1. you can copy-paste same url ( https://mas.to/@paulg https://mas.to/@paulg ), no need to re-format, event simply writing `paulg` will start the search and likely find intended user pretty fast 2. https://indieweb.org/webactions https://indieweb.org/webactions

by dym_sh 4y ago

notatoad 4y ago

my main frustration right now is the inability to follow somebody on a different instance from a web link, coupled with all instances using the same theme. when somebody links to https://mas.to/@paulg https://mas.to/@paulg, i end up on a site that looks exactly the same as mastodon.social, except i can't sign in to it, and i can't actually click the follow button there. if i want to follow @paulg, i have to go to my instance and search for @paulg@mas.to

joshlemer 4y ago
Agreed, this is annoying. I just have to go back to my instance, and search for the link (https://mas.to/@paulg https://mas.to/@paulg) in the search bar, then I can follow them.
- dym_sh 4y ago
  you can pin tab with your instance, or even open it in a sidebar - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webpage-sidebar/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/webpage-sideb... if that's the biggest obstacle
  - dbish 4y ago
    both those options are bad UX and papercuts that cause me to not want to use it. if you "just" have to take a second step or prepare your environment in a particular way for the most important part of a social network, following someone, that's a dealbreaker.
    - dym_sh 4y ago
      yeah, i have no idea how people seem to use internet for everything but cant bring themselves to copy paste a single url maybe it just show how little someone else's content is important to you
      - notatoad 4y ago
        >maybe it just show how little someone else's content is important to you i mean that's pretty much it. i barely care about the whole thing, but if it's easy enough it's a bit of decent time waster. twitter was easy enough, adding the tiniest of steps is enough to make me decide i don't really care. Mastodon's UX isn't bad, it's just not actively pressuring me into interacting more than i really want to, the way twitter generally did/does.
dym_sh 4y ago
1. you can copy-paste same url ( https://mas.to/@paulg https://mas.to/@paulg ), no need to re-format, event simply writing `paulg` will start the search and likely find intended user pretty fast 2. https://indieweb.org/webactions https://indieweb.org/webactions