Posts by rubicon@universeodon.com
(DIR) Post #AVI9kQVTcVcOooEkr2 by rubicon@universeodon.com
2023-05-03T22:31:24Z
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@rolle Unfortunately this is very true. Having tried several, they are not ready for prime time. They are buggy, too loaded up with features that don't all work, and way too busy with things like a riot of color and dancing emojis. When you spend a little time actually trying to use them, you get a real appreciation for the difficulty of clean UI design, and the importance of testing testing testing testing before rolling out capabilities. Mastodon is sort of a bulky dated UI, but it works. Every little UI decision is critical to a platform's success, and the initial user experience is vital. It could be argued that defaulting to dark mode and 16:9 image clipping is in large part responsible for people bouncing off Mastodon, because it makes the UI look junky. That said, Mastodon works really well, and the more you use it the more you appreciate the functionality decisions.#twittermigration #Fediverse #UIDesign #Calckey #Friendica
(DIR) Post #AWN5rXkna2dMnVVDay by rubicon@universeodon.com
2023-06-01T23:30:53Z
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@Voline @micahflee Interesting article, but guess we are not that much closer to understanding who actually owns Bluesky.
(DIR) Post #AWN5rbZbNc3QdwIKhM by rubicon@universeodon.com
2023-06-02T01:05:13Z
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@Voline @micahflee As mud. Sorry, but something doesn't add up here. 🤔
(DIR) Post #AWN5rcjD5NKmE1nWJU by rubicon@universeodon.com
2023-06-02T01:14:08Z
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@micahflee @Voline Posted elsewhere in the thread:https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/bluesky-514d-series-a--73fb7446So, the question becomes, if Jack gave them $13M out of the goodness of his heart and then somehow gifted all the Series A shares to the team, and now has no stake in the game at all, where is that recorded? How was it accomplished? You can't just give someone $13 million dollars. There are tax consequences among other things.