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informal PSA: we are sorry the UI got worse and more annoying to use, please blame Lemmy for all the shit that is now that little bit more irritating (self.chat)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by alyaza to c/chat

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we already collectively dislike a substantial number of 0.18+'s UI decisions, most of which are minor but are already adding up to be that much more annoying collectively. maybe we can sand some of these off with theming in the future. for now though please hang with this and petition them to merge better decisions in the future, thanks

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[–] Chobbes 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I have to admit I’m pretty disappointed with this… I’m honestly not sure what UI changes are being complained about and blaming Lemmy for it like this seems pretty immature. The tone is off at least… I think if they said “Hey, sorry that the UI changed, it’s part of the Lemmy upgrade that we needed to do for more stability, we’re looking into it / reaching out to see if we can get some of the changes we’d like” I’d be like “cool, makes sense, and good to bring up in case the admins are getting flack for it” but “blame Lemmy for all the shit” is pretty toxic and entitled sounding :/.

[–] ericjmorey 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Obviously they are frustrated with the Lemmy devs regarding the 0.17 to 0.18 changes, which is understandable. But you're correct that they let that frustration taint their attempt to communicate in a nice way.

[–] Chobbes 3 points 2 years ago

I think it's reasonable to be frustrated about the changes, but I don't think it's reasonable to be frustrated with the Lemmy devs for making the changes, if that makes sense? It's their software and they can make the changes they think are best. It's good if they can consider how other people use it, but it's not reasonable to expect them to tailor the software for your specific needs. I think it's pretty uncool to expect them to put in a bunch of free labor to make things work exactly how you want them to work. Obviously it's great if they can accommodate everybody's needs and can listen / respond to feedback, but this doesn't seem like a productive way to communicate that, and I think this kind of communication really isn't a good look for this platform, and might signal that this is acceptable behaviour on here... and I kind of hope it's not?