Interesting insights, although I'm not sure I fully agree on that last point.
I agree the Fedi needs new and better platforms.
But it *also* needs really great versions of platforms that already exist.
As close to the existing platform's UI as possible, with good onboarding.
As in, you can put the Fedi-Facebook and he'll know how to use it, because everything looks the same, is called the same thing, works the same way, and is in the same place.
Why BlueSky has managed to notch up 20 million users is simply because it's done a really good job of looking and working like Facebook, circa 2018 or so.
The character limit's the same, quote tweets are the same, the UI is the same, it's well polished on both the web and mobile.
When you sign up, you're on the main instance. You're not given a screen of 50 possible PDS hosts or custom feeds.
And the starter packs are a great touch for on-boarding.
There's an argument in that for a Mastodon fork that's as Twitter-like as possible.
From there, people will over time branch out to the Akkomas and the Friendicas and the Hubzillas.
And on the Fedi, a rising tide raises all ships. More people using clone apps mean more people to interact with on unique apps.
Now at @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au
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