Notices by Scott Jenson (scottjenson@social.coop)

Totally not scientific poll: Do you use Lists on the Fediverse? If so how?

I've tried using them but they just feel a bit tedious as it's not easy to edit them.
#mastodon #ux #list

I don't care that this is a side app and not part of the main Mastodon web app. The fact that this is possible AT ALL is what makes the fediverse so awesome!
https://social.hastily.cc/@neiman/114591328088507928

#wwdc is just a snoozefest. I mean, these are all reasonable improvements, but it feels like a 'dot release'. To be fair, this has been building for a while (iOS and Android) I'm not really dunking on Apple, more appreciating that things are just slowing down.

Good riddance. Instant Apps were a VERY poor version of the web. So many of us within Google tried to appeal to better instincts. So much time wasted on this silliness.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114677013202481295

@tchambers "She was framed by Bookkeeper
Wittenmark. That little snake." took me completely by surprise. That had me gasping for breath I was laughing to hard

I just binge watched the first 6 episodes of #Murderbot in what feels like 19 minutes...

I'm stealing this image from @gergelyorosz where he said:
"Last month AI crawlers generated 90% of my site's traffic, forcing me to pay penalties. Problem solved after moving nameservers to Cloudflare+turning on AI crawler blocking. Site monthly outbound data back to ~40GB per month, down from 800GB (!!) No impact on human visitors." (2/2)

The web is much like giving away candy at Halloween. As long a real people show up it's fun and community building. But AI companies show up with a 1000 clones wearing jeans and a Hulk mask and demand all the candy (and don't build community).

(1/2)

#fediforum I'd love some Fedi-stickers for my laptop. I saw a particularly amazing one on @_elena 's laptop in her film. Any links to places I could buy them?

I was a #FediForumAttendee and would love to connect!

@tchambers @dansup @mark @samhenrigold @fediversenews

There are really two classes of problems:
1. Simple things that should be fixed ASAP (e.g. Better onboarding)
2. Hard things because federation just makes everything harder but nobody really understands that (e.g. the "can't see all replies" problem (which is being worked on!))

I'm so happy you're making this list! Let me know if I can help.

Thanks @tchambers for the reminder! I just bought my ticket.
https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/114580893882864228

@tchambers @pfefferle @mattwiebe @obenland @nuriapenya @donnacavalier @linos @fediversenews

My single-author blog, with very light activity, has been toying with the idea of doing this but as I just post a link to my blog posts manually, it wasn't clear to me there was much value in doing this? Am I missing something important?

Excited to be helping the team on Mastodon!

"We’re also very happy to share that Scott Jenson has joined the organisation on a part-time basis, as Product Strategy Adviser."

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/evolving-the-team/

I'm so happy to see car companies bringing physical buttons back! It took years of us yelling (which likely had no effect) what was the deciding factor? Anyone in the car business shed some light?
https://www.wired.com/story/why-car-brands-are-finally-switching-back-to-buttons/
#ux #ergonomics #carplay #androidauto

I'm giving a talk and I need an image of a confused person. My instinct was to use "Sudden Clarity Clarence" but I'm guessing that's a BIT too dated.

Any more modern suggestions? Or should I just use it and not worry?

This TED talk is so powerful. Please watch it.
"This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like" by Carole Cadwalladr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE

I'm demonstrating tomorrow against Trump and Musk (May 1st) If you're in the US, please https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ and find one near you. We won't fix this by sitting on the sidelines.

New UX models have friction.

The Mach E has a push button door: push the button first, pop the door. It works once "you've read the manual" Two problems:
1. As I approached the car at Avis it was dark, I couldn't see the button at all so couldn't get it, I had to ask someone to let me in.
2. When I picked up my son at the airport, he had no idea how to open the passenger door so I had to open it from the inside.

Ford may keep this, but it's going to be a painful road. #ux

Book Lovers!

I just joined BookWyrm and am looking forward to learning how to use it. But I have a rather obvious getting started question: How do I manage having two "fediverse addresses"? (the one you're reading and my new Bookwyrm one)

If I post reviews using my BookWyrm account, I'm assuming no one will see my reviews as, not surprisingly, no one is following that account. Am I missing something obvious? For example, if I wanted to share a book review in BookWyrm, do I just share the link?