Wouldn’t get used by corps probably?

Yes as it is almost the same category as mastodon

Anyone noticed slow downs since the update?

I do agree that the hard left seems to enjoy using “liberal” as an insult, knowing that what most Americans interpret as “liberal” is different than the academic definition they use. It needlessly diverts the conversation and makes them think they’re superior.

Saying “shitlib” is even worse. Basically an adhom attack, not acceptable when the other party is being civil and respectful.

On #2 and #3, I don’t think that is relevant to the original accusation. Of course they will uphold their own views. But #1 is very valid. Though I wish to see examples of it because I have not.

Do you have examples? I am not doubting, since I’ve seen loads of people saying it. But I’ve never come across it myself.

Lemmy is kinda close to forums and groups. But I do agree I prefer that format over the Reddit-like format.

I wish algorithms were opt-in, transparent, and allowed choice (whether by choosing an algorithm over another, or customizing parameters).

If this were the case, I’d have no issue with algos.

Does it sync to an open format so I can manage tasks from Linux too?

You’re right, thanks for pointing that out. It does seem that almost no one read to the end, and that’s on me.

Despite the smartphone touch interface being worse for these tasks, the convenience of having a phone always with you and within a couple seconds of reach is a big benefit. It would be really nice if the interface could be made easier

The medium is a touch screen

That’s more like a GUI than a CLI. You have input boxes, buttons, sliders, gestures, scrolling, drag and drop, etc, and their different combinations. Many apps do almost the same thing, except giving you a different interface and a different combination of these steps. You listed some of those variations yourself.

How is that the same as the uniformity of the text only interface? That’s far more different than differences in syntax, but still text. Two hyphens instead of one hyphen for a CLI flag is a really small difference.

By not relying on typing speed. Maybe the interface could heavily leverage gestures for example, or auto complete, etc. There are many possibilities.

But also this kind of is the core of my question 😄

The biggest weakness of using activityPub is it is harder to control compared to rolling out your own incompatible variant.

It may not have to be typing-centric. Maybe the answer is in interfaces that leverage gestures better and in a uniform way, or mixing it with a clever use of buttons.

our devices aren’t really being used for file management, tooling, complex work

Only because the experience of doing so is not pleasant like it is on desktop. People would use it for that otherwise.

doesn’t even make sense to have a command line

I don’t want to have a command line, and I emphasized that in my post. Only something that is similar in its ergonomic enhancement.

Termux is awesome, but it is not what I’m looking for. Using Termux lacks the ergonomics of using a terminal on desktop. The keyboard / typing experience is far worse.

Every command has its own syntax

I don’t consider this a different interface. Where you draw the line is a personal choice, but I’d be happy with a smartphone equivalent where the differences are similar to command line tools having different syntax.

editing files is something completely different

I should have clarified, but by editing files, I don’t mean the vim-like full text editor experience. I mean things like appending text to a file with echo >>, or using sed, etc.

A lot of these interfaces are like they are for mostly historical reasons

Yes, legacy baggage exists. This only furthers my point, that things could be even better using the same principles, without legacy baggage.

Termux

I only use Termux out of necessity (app or functionality I can only access via a terminal). If an app with good ergonomics exists, I wouldn’t look at Termux. But I would still look at command line on desktop.

This certainly helps, but I think is not enough. If I go to the “All” feed, I get everything indiscriminately. I wish there was some in between mechanism. I don’t claim to have the answer.

This doesn’t address searchability also.

Searchability is bad.

Growing a new community is hard. I wish people used lemmyverse more often.

Having a fully customizable feed algorithm would be a killer feature.

Maybe would be easy to fork it

Does the fediverse need to maintain its “soul”? As long as it preserves user choice and corporate resistance, the rest isn’t required and can be maintained in those specific instances.