Oh god, someone posts this sort of thing every couple months. Also tends to have high correlation with crypto-folk.
Decentralized social networks are a pipe dream. I'm sorry but no one wants to join you and your 50 shady hacker friends in a forum.
People want to go where their friends and family are. People's friends and families aren't going to figure out whatever stupid, inconsistent, under-designed UX people inevitably build for these sorts of things. The bar is extremely high.
Ideology seems to come before any practical notions of how people use products.
This is true and remains true, but if it ever changes and the UX becomes un-under-designed, I don't see any reason we can't proceed. Keep an eye on Matrix as they're undergoing a UX revamp and the people working on it are super thoughtful.
Decentralized social networks are a pipe dream. I'm sorry but no one wants to join you and your 50 shady hacker friends in a forum.
People want to go where their friends and family are. People's friends and families aren't going to figure out whatever stupid, inconsistent, under-designed UX people inevitably build for these sorts of things. The bar is extremely high.
Ideology seems to come before any practical notions of how people use products.