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My never-ending battle to convince early adopters that UI and UX actually matter

Posted by Matt Birchler
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Vijay Prema - The Mindful Technologist: Reddit Exodus - Using Lemmy From My Existing Mastodon

It can take some time to get your head around this, as we are normally used to siloed apps where you actually need to log into the other app using your existing account to do anything. This is the Fediverse, so it works little differently, and actually its simpler once you get used to it.

I do a lot of nerdy and complicated things with computers and I love the fediverse too, so not throwing shade at Vijay here, but I adore the framing of this post. It’s basically, “here’s the 6 step process you need to do something that’s a single click on Reddit.”

After 2 years of needing to convince crypto and web3 enthusiasts that UI and UX really matter, 2023 is the year I need to convince fediverse and A.I. enthusiasts of the same thing.