dikaios1517 on Nostr: Not necessarily. The client could still show you the most recent posts, but you would ...
Not necessarily. The client could still show you the most recent posts, but you would just have to scroll up to get to past posts. The client itself could also keep track of where you left off in the feed, and take you back to that location the next time you open the app, with the option to skip downward to the most recent posts, like Discord does.
I do think this kind of UI makes much better sense for chat apps like Discord, Telegram, text messages, Session, and now Flotilla and ChaChi, though. It is less necessary for things like forums, email, microblogging, or long-form blogs, though.
In chat apps, you often need the context of the conversation. And you'll notice that on microblogging apps, replies to an original post usually go back to this "most recent reply is on the bottom" arrangement for exactly that reason.
Original posts in microblogging apps don't usually have this contextual relationship with the other posts in the feed prior to them. Those posts are often entirely unrelated to one another. You don't have to "get caught up with the conversation" because the conversations are not part of the feed. They are one layer below that, in the thread of replies attached to the posts in the feed. Very much like email or forum posts, except without the original post being hidden beneath a subject line.
Microblogging apps, therefore, just like email and forums, assume the user will want to get into the most recent action first, and put it at the top of their feed, requiring them to scroll downward to get to older posts, the same way a website will put the most recent blog posts and articles at the top of the page, because they are the most immediately relevant.
Maybe PalmTree (nprofile…562x) you are looking to use more of a chat client, rather than a microblogging client. In that case, check out Flotilla by our man hodlbod (nprofile…wtuu) here, or ChaChi Chat.
I do think this kind of UI makes much better sense for chat apps like Discord, Telegram, text messages, Session, and now Flotilla and ChaChi, though. It is less necessary for things like forums, email, microblogging, or long-form blogs, though.
In chat apps, you often need the context of the conversation. And you'll notice that on microblogging apps, replies to an original post usually go back to this "most recent reply is on the bottom" arrangement for exactly that reason.
Original posts in microblogging apps don't usually have this contextual relationship with the other posts in the feed prior to them. Those posts are often entirely unrelated to one another. You don't have to "get caught up with the conversation" because the conversations are not part of the feed. They are one layer below that, in the thread of replies attached to the posts in the feed. Very much like email or forum posts, except without the original post being hidden beneath a subject line.
Microblogging apps, therefore, just like email and forums, assume the user will want to get into the most recent action first, and put it at the top of their feed, requiring them to scroll downward to get to older posts, the same way a website will put the most recent blog posts and articles at the top of the page, because they are the most immediately relevant.
Maybe PalmTree (nprofile…562x) you are looking to use more of a chat client, rather than a microblogging client. In that case, check out Flotilla by our man hodlbod (nprofile…wtuu) here, or ChaChi Chat.