ilja :pumpkin_owo: on Nostr: With this whole bluesky thing, I once again see the take of how bad fedi-ux, no, ux ...
With this whole bluesky thing, I once again see the take of how bad fedi-ux, no, ux in floss in general, is.
But you know what? Maybe instead of complaining, it's time people learn to look for solutions themselves. I feel like the blame is being put on the devs and projects who are actually doing work; "They" aren't doing their work good enough.
But you know what? These projects and these devs actually bring something not bad into the world. You're comparing a project backed by a billionaire with a project hacked together by a couple of people who, just like you probably, are just wage slaves trying to have something better in what little free time they have.
We don't have a billion, or even a million, dollar to pay people to focus on developing this. We don't have "the right" people to put on specific tasks. The only people we have, is the people who are willing to put what little time and energy they have into this.
And you know what? You too can probably do something. This is a capitalist world and we're all victims of it. You don't need to be a developer. You want better ux? Fine. Find yourself a ux-er willing to put in the work. Find yourself a project willing to work together on this. And find yourself the money to pay people so they actually have the time to work on this stuff you think is so important.
I've worked on pleroma and now i work on akkoma. In both cases i can tell you that people are mostly trying to not let things fall apart completely. There's a big burden crushing our shoulders because we have a sense of responsibility towards the world. We're already doing all this. Why are we expected to not only be devs, but also analysts, engineers, architects, community managers, support, doc writers, and more?
I think it's good that people identify problems, but please, try to also think of solutions. We can't all bear this alone.
But you know what? Maybe instead of complaining, it's time people learn to look for solutions themselves. I feel like the blame is being put on the devs and projects who are actually doing work; "They" aren't doing their work good enough.
But you know what? These projects and these devs actually bring something not bad into the world. You're comparing a project backed by a billionaire with a project hacked together by a couple of people who, just like you probably, are just wage slaves trying to have something better in what little free time they have.
We don't have a billion, or even a million, dollar to pay people to focus on developing this. We don't have "the right" people to put on specific tasks. The only people we have, is the people who are willing to put what little time and energy they have into this.
And you know what? You too can probably do something. This is a capitalist world and we're all victims of it. You don't need to be a developer. You want better ux? Fine. Find yourself a ux-er willing to put in the work. Find yourself a project willing to work together on this. And find yourself the money to pay people so they actually have the time to work on this stuff you think is so important.
I've worked on pleroma and now i work on akkoma. In both cases i can tell you that people are mostly trying to not let things fall apart completely. There's a big burden crushing our shoulders because we have a sense of responsibility towards the world. We're already doing all this. Why are we expected to not only be devs, but also analysts, engineers, architects, community managers, support, doc writers, and more?
I think it's good that people identify problems, but please, try to also think of solutions. We can't all bear this alone.