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 (DIR) Post #9gfDL4JfFOpIKUAHB2 by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-15T09:50:24Z
       
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       Neologism for a neologistic age:  "Minimum viable user"In my recent comments on Google Chrome, I tossed out a phrase describing the lowest-skilled user a product might feasibly accommodate, or if you're business-minded, /profitably/ accommodate.  The hazard being that such an MVU then /drags down/ the experience for others, and in particular expert or experienced users.  More to follow.First, this appears a new coinage:https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22minimum+viable+user%22#tootstorm1/
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfDL4VMXuBSuldcPY by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-15T11:20:46Z
       
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       When you're using a phone in a goal-oriented process, you are jumping between a number of different informational contexts.  You need access to:* The other party's identity and contact info* Information you want to express* Operating instructions for the device itself* Information captured during the call* Access to /other/ contacts, during the call* How to transfer/include others* Your or the other party's state loss due to interruption* Resolution or next steps18/
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfDL4kFeY5rewbVcO by zalexz@mastodon.cloud
       2019-03-11T14:13:20Z
       
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       @dredmorbius was trying to reply on G+ to the reddit piece related to this, & for some reason G+ is wigging out on hitting "Save" right now...!? Thankfully have it saved in textfile for now, will try again later
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfEBU4Sjjl9GU31hA by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-15T10:11:05Z
       
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       At its heart, a desire path is the failure for designer to correctly anticipate, or facilitate, the needs and desires of their users.  Such paths reflect emergent practices or patterns, some constructive, some challenging the integrity of a system.Mastodon Tootstorms are an example of a positive creative accomodation.  Mostly.On other services, the lack of an ability to otherwise dismiss content frequently creates an overload of the spam or abuse reporting mechanism.  G+ comes to mind.6/
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfEBUJhp3x81lBCSG by RefurioAnachro@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-15T10:34:13Z
       
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       @dredmorbius, circles would be nice!
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfEBUUhACk8ZqJyaG by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-15T16:07:05Z
       
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       @RefurioAnachro Circles ... done right.I'd prefer to have "audiences" and "sources" specified, somehow.It's complicated.
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfEBUiAM7WDFccja4 by RefurioAnachro@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-16T12:42:28Z
       
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       > better than [... g+] circles@dredmorbius, how so? Circles are sets. They can represent everything! But since such a feature would hopefully come as an api, let me say I'd happily implement any missing operations or other conveniences myself.
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfEBUuZbzRXs6Qdv6 by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-16T13:05:27Z
       
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       @RefurioAnachro G+ circles aren't specified as /audience/ or /sources/.  They play both roles.  Without regard to content.  And blind the source or target to how they are classified by the Circling user.If I can specify:1. Standardised topics2. By sending or receipt3. Sources of interest4. Audiences for distributionThen I can filter my /incoming stream/ to topics of interest, from specified authors.  Say, "personal posts" from "friends".And I can filter my /outgoing/ stream similarly.
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfEBVAWegCgfZtNmi by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2017-04-16T13:07:31Z
       
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       @RefurioAnachro This solves the specific problem of, say, following Linus Torvalds, if:1. You're a member of his family.2. You're interested in scuba diving.3. You're interested in Linux.4. You're interested in Portland, OR, regional mattersWith standardised topics, you could include, or exclude, his public personal posts.  Or he could limit personal posts to some non-public distribution, whilst Linux and Scuba would be.  Regional filters might include Portland or Oregon.  Etc.
       
 (DIR) Post #9gfEBVQ7iggFRxBq64 by zalexz@mastodon.cloud
       2019-03-11T14:22:47Z
       
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       @dredmorbius @RefurioAnachro haha we've been over this 1 a bajillion times it seems… 1 thing that no one ever considers in regards to the various per-user-100%-customized Lists/Circles/Graphs/Follows schemes, is just HOW MUCH computational complexity & COST they add to a system, all so that the majority of users can STILL end up with a more or less worst-of-all-worlds scenario barring near superhuman (& endless) List curation efforts, blocking/muting. E.g. for Twitter: http://highscalability.com/blog/2013/7/8/the-architecture-twitter-uses-to-deal-with-150m-active-users.html
       
 (DIR) Post #9gkic2Z94p5YC2mJZQ by dredmorbius@mastodon.cloud
       2019-03-14T05:57:20Z
       
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       @zalexz And, just to make this maximally confusing, I've reposted my long reply to Diaspora:https://joindiaspora.com/posts/14341868