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Another thing I just remembered from Rabble's presentation: the Twitter UX at the beginning was super complicated, full of instructions and roundabout ways to do simple things, and yet it grew astronomically.

I wonder if users if the past were smarter than users of today since now we're supposedly to deliver apps that have a single button to do everything automatically.

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arkinox · 151w

There was a time when normies didn't use Twitter

twopack · 151w

Early adopters are a special type. I was an early Twitter adopter. I remember what it was like. Then as the interface and UX got streamlined and simplified, more and more people joined. Different people. Not sure about cause and effect. But I trust the same thing will happen here.

As nostr is a protocol it can have different clients for different kinds of users? As long as a design is elegant it doesn’t need to be simple.

twopack · 151w

You couldn't post pictures on early Twitter. You had to use a third party service, twitpix. So people did. I remember Howard Stern had one of the Twitter founders on, I think it was Ev, and Howard asked him why can't I post pictures on Twitter? Why do I have to use twitpix? Ev had no answer. But Twi...

When I started on Twitter it was certainly quite different from what it is today but in those years there was no thought of developing easier-to-use applications like now, they just needed to work. The average normal user today is looking for something quick and easy and that allows him to interact ...

WheresAlan · 151w

I think an entire generation of application are built around the notion that UI/UX is supposed to be so easy. https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758

poorbaldmonkey · 151w

The meme that goes around occasionally that says something like: "40 years ago the owners manual of a car explained how to adjust the values. Now, an owners manual tells you not to drink the coolant." It's funny, but it illustrates a point. When I was a kid in the 80's and 90's, most people who ow...

People really underestimate how difficult it is to create nice product experiences.

the thing is, when you want to have ALL the users, then you NEED to cater for ALL users, so everything is dumbed down to the dumbest possible scenario. it's not the best UI/UX for the user, it's so the app can capture the largest audience possible.

Rhommel Lamas · 151w

Well yes, like languages humans brain aim for simplification. You can apply the same thinking to cars, construction, finance, etc. which is frustrating in many cases.

Pinball Wizard · 151w

Software users are always the same. Few people have a good ( not deep ) understanding on how things really work and how much is complicated to run a good piece of sw in any kind of application. Average user are stupid, no doubt about that. Devs and company created an army of idiot users with gui com...

Daniel Onren Latorre · 151w

I wouldn’t call it complicated back then unless you’re talking about early beta stage.

def wasn’t complicated. It was new though and could be confusing because of that. But the simplicity enabled people to create their own syntax like @names, #hashtags and retweets. Those were the biggest things that people didn’t get immediately. But ultimately, they made Twitter, Twitter. Seeing...

sneagan · 151w

"Astronomical growth" also meant something different back then.