Over at the birdsite people are telling me Mastodon will never take off, as it’s too complicated to understand - for example - what an instance is
But the very same people haven’t the faintest clue how Twitter’s algorithm is shaping their experience there, just the superficial user experience is easy
How much user effort can we legitimately expect? Surely some is ok?
@jon Most people don’t want to know details. They won’t, for example, implement basic cybersecurity even if it’s free, if it involves even a small amount of extra effort. Successful platform tech hides the details - and can abuse its users for the same reason. People still don’t understand that they’re not Twitter customers, they’re just a resource to be used and abused to generate ad income.
