RT'ed by William Gibson on Twitter:
and it's so very on the nose of the issue:
Notices by LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 22:20:39 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia -
LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 19:07:09 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @nixCraft Oh no! How did I miss that OPERA isn't Norwegian anymore? 😟
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 01:36:41 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @wonderofscience Looks remarkably like woodlice!
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 22:23:10 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @arstechnica Stop promoting SUVs. They kill pedestrians (especially children) and are too heavy, causing more harmful particulate matter from road surface abrasion.
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 09-Dec-2023 01:08:37 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia Skylight at the top of a 19th c Edinburgh stairwell. Photo by my old friend Boon Low.
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Nov-2023 04:26:25 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @feditips @canadiancivil @Mastodon @Gargron
When I signed up online, this box was ticked. I hated the "advanced" UI, so after a few days I went and unticked it. Not everyone gets that far, they just leave instead.
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 21:37:14 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia Masto wouldn't scare off so many people, if the simpler online interface was the default, instead of the "advanced" one.
Wouldn't it make more sense to let a new user start with the twitter/bluesky-similar layout, and then let them switch to the column version later, if they want?
Most people I know who immediately abandoned Masto didn't have the time or patience to discover you could switch it off in preferences. They just took one look and bailed.
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 06:33:48 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @arstechnica Pavement parking, like a right bastard! 😠
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 07:46:13 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @Mastodon Does it have translation support? It drives me crazy that Tusky doesn't have that ability.
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LillyLyle/Count Melancholia (lillyherself@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Oct-2023 22:30:44 JST LillyLyle/Count Melancholia @arstechnica Aye, they are just perfect for doing 20mph in the cities #amiright