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   mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 07:17:35 JST mcc

   The #1, most immediate feature I always want out of a chat application is "please scroll back up to the last time I made a comment, so I can read the replies". Bafflingly, no chat app in the world has a dedicated button for this, and each one makes you memorize a semi-standardized syntax that might begin with author:, might begin with from:, might support "me", might require you to type a 12-digit handle, and might not exist.

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     Hisham (hisham_hm@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 08:06:26 JST Hisham

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     @mcc a general problem that I observe in the design of this kind of end-user app is that often they're not designed for maximum efficiency (as in "spend the least time as possible to reach your goal"), but rather to "maximize engagement" (make you spend more time in the app, "upsell" other features, etc.).

     The irony is that even FOSS applications then copy the design of the "popular, intuitive" ones and end up replicating their bad patterns.

     (example: looping videos in social media)

     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.