• msdos622@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    At first it was

    “You only need one account, it’s like an email, they all federate with each other”

    I was reeeaally excited for the prospect. (I still am btw)

    But now it’s more like

    “your account here can see that instance and that one too – but it’s buggy so sometimes it takes time to sync – anyway you cannot see that one for that one you need a distinct account-- oh and if that instance decide to defederate then you’ll need another account for there too”.

    I’m still into the Fediverse, it’s just we still have things to figure out.

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      1 year ago

      The good thing is I think most of these issues are a design issue that can be solved client side rather than fundamental flaws in the architecture.

      For example, if you go to comment on a Beehaw thread and the app just showed some kind of prompt, e.g. “Sign-up to Beehaw or an instance federated with Beehaw to comment on this sublemmy” I think it would feel pretty straightforward.

      All the confusion with how federation works is something a well designed app could explain to users as they explore. Obviously it will just take time for the platform to mature to this stage.