So, your solution to “ease onboarding” is to give newcomers more work? For a platform with far less content that’s already confusing them with just signing up, let alone figuring out transfering or self hosting?

I think you VASTLY overestimate how many fucks people have to give, and also how tech literate the average person is. The average person can barely figure out how to change their web browser, and most really don’t care about the awful shit big companies do.

This idea of yours would drive engagement through the floor and a respectable distance into the Earth’s crust.

Ease of use should be the #1 consideration when it comes to onboarding people to something.

Is it “working splendidly?” They’re getting almost everything they want, so clearly it’s working for them.

Been using the premium version of the launcher for years, absolutely love it. Won’t use anything else at this point, I’m even starting to make my own full tile images

I’m in the same boat, I’m not migrating again unless shit really goes downhill.

Lemmy gives the vibe of “it’s all or nothing, be ready to change at a moment’s notice if something iffy gets said”

I tried my hand at running a Matrix server with a couple of friends. Less than successful. Constant bugs and minor irritations that most people (and myself, eventually) don’t want to deal with.

From notification problems, to decryption problems, to audio calls not working if the app isn’t open on the screen for the entire call…

I really like the idea of Matrix, but it needs another few years in the oven before it’s even remotely acceptable to recommend to friends or family. Most people have a hard enough time switching to something like Signal because battery optimization kills notifications, let alone something as convoluted as Matrix/Element.

The US Supreme Court thinks shame is some kind of food.

Well aren’t you just a barrel of laughs