1/? This post from @jeffjarvis saddens me. 🧵
And it's not because he's using Twitter.
It's because he could be having a much better search experience if he weren't on mastodon.social.
Other Mastodon servers have better search capabilities. For example, https://universeodon.com, run by @supernovae, has better search than mastodon.social. If @jeffjarvis migrated his account there, he'd be in business.
Most Mastodon users don't know they have more options!
2/? Despite the fact I bang the drum constantly on the benefits of decentralization, the Fediverse, and ActivityPub, the bulk of people never try the incredible enhancements that might make their experience all that more better.
They don't know that if there's something not to their liking, they can improve it.
Don't like mastodon.social's search? You don't have to put up with it! You have options!
@atomicpoet Part of the problem is that despite all that choice it’s not easy (or possible?) to know what capabilities a given instance has.
Universeodon may well have excellent search support, but how would anybody know? Not by looking at the site, near as I can tell.
@jeff @atomicpoet
Especially a neophyte or just an average user who wants a microwave oven with 5 self explanatory buttons, not a box of parts with an DYI instruction manual.
