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Interesting revelation from #gargron in recent interview on server choices for newcomers (https://www.theverge.com/23658648/mastodon-ceo-twitter-interview-elon-musk-twitter)
“However, I think that possibly going forward, we might rework the onboarding user experience into presenting a default option as well as an advanced option, where all that stuff with choosing a server would basically be hidden away from the people who get intimidated by choice.
Also Another statement about groups (which isn’t new to me)
“What’s next for Mastodon? What should people be on the lookout for next?
Groups, probably. That’s a big feature that’s coming. Well, it’s what you would expect. Facebook has groups, Twitter has communities, and Mastodon will have groups as well.”
I wonder how compatible groups will be with other applications.
@_ed
That depends how strictly Mastodon (and other applications) stick to AP conventions over defining their own realm in the Fediverse... I've seen many discussions in e.g. Hubzilla how devs work persistently around quirky non-standard solutions of other platforms (including diaspora and Mastodon). Sometimes it's more a matter of philosophy (e.g. dedication to ensuring privacy vs. "we are designed around public posting", so groups have to be work-arounds for the basic philosophy instead of just a special case of existing privacy by design). Usually, they make it work in the end (at least for the Hubzilla side) - sometimes with a few compromises.
But I think often it's a matter of dedication to interoperability attitude vs. platform-centric thinking by design.
And mastodon has consistently used platform-centric thinking over interoperability since its start. You can notice how whenever gargron talks about groups, he doesn't mention any of the current implementations and the masto team is rarely involved in FEP or interoperability conversations (other than to defend their own stance)
I did notice the lack of any mention of other fediverse group mechanisms.
Overall, you'd have to presume that Mastodon being so dominant on the fediverse is just not a good thing, this being a tiny demonstration I'd say. Though to be fair, mentioning Friendica to that journalist may have just resulted on more questions.