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  • mandatory AI

    Nothing is mandatory.

    GPT is Opt-in only. And it’s arguably somewhat buried in settings.

    That said, the local private Apple model that doesn’t train from you data is now turned on by default, but it can be disabled with a single toggle that’s right being the shiniest setting icon. You’re not missing much if you turn both of these things off. It’s basically just janky grammarly and budget dall-e.








  • They used to get confused when ask to select a server, but now that they blindly get funneled into Masto.social, they get burned when they log into an existing account and are asked to enter a server that they didn’t know the selected. And there is no UX to recover / remember a forgotten server domain.

    Every time there is a wave of interest in Lemmy or Masto, you always see confused people asking for basic account help in the comment threads.


  • UX designer here. People are dumber than you think.

    I’ve seen a lot of people trip over it. There were a LOT of threads about it on Reddit and Twitter. The Masto gGmbH‘s folks also noticed this and they stream-lined their onboarding to dump most people into Masto.social and to skip server selection.

    Problem is, people now get confused when they log into an existing account. They get to the “welcome back” screen, get asked to enter their server’s domain, they don’t know what it is, there is no UX to help people recall a forgotten server, and then people bail.

    We know people forget passwords and usernames. Of course this was going to be a problem.

    This is what happens when you start with architecture and don’t have a UX designer in the room before you write code.