Scott Jenson

Anyone #UX folks finding a design-ish instance? I've found a nice well run instance social.coop that seems well run and financed. I doesn't appear to have ANY design focus, but hey, you can't have everything....

mastodon.design seems nice but is appears to be mostly french (which is fine! just language issues)

hci.social seems lovely but I worry they are going to get hammered when the CHI community wakes up to mastodon.

How I'm treating every change I make to Mastodon right now #UX

@slightlyoff@toot.cafe Given the hammering that Mastodon is getting with new users, I can't help but think of your comments about React and how it's likely causing so much pain with the extra server overhead.

#UX Friends in India
I'm going to be travelling in Mumbai, Goa, Kochi, and Delhi throughout January-February. Just throwing out a wide net to see if there are any UX oriented groups, public or private that I should reach out to.

@BalooUriza@social.tulsa.ok.us @lawremipsum@mspsocial.net But it's different in important ways. Email had a few big corporate brands (for better or worse) and you could pick a brand you trust.

Picking an instance is like choosing between 3000 seemingly identical jars of peanut butter (they aren't of course but it's very hard to tell). It's a classic "Paradox of Choice" a well know friction point in #UX design.

There are things we could to do help this.

@BalooUriza@social.tulsa.ok.us @lawremipsum@mspsocial.net I don't wish to drag this on too much but joinmastodon.org is FAR from adequate to the task. The vast majority of instances are nearly identical, every time I've tried to use it I get a HUGE list of instances to choose from. But to be fair, I'd argue it's mostly a supply issue as most instances in fact ARE nearly identical (some hobbyist kicking the tires). What I'd like to see is a way for well run instances to stand out (funding, by-laws, governance, etc)

@BalooUriza@social.tulsa.ok.us @lawremipsum@mspsocial.net and that's an excellent alternative to our current problem. I personally am looking forward to trade associations creating instances as well for the same reason.

That's all I'm saying: have a) a reasonable default (like an ISP) or b) a trusted name to go to are important helping people sign up.

But we shouldn't wait! There are small things we could start now: server guidelines, better help pages, better ways to show unique attributes of instances, etc.

How do I control the #hashtags that show up in my Home feed? I can't see a list anywhere. It appears hashtags on my profile imply I want to follow them? This is creating TOO much content. I want a home feed of only posts from people I follow...