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EU Voice
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#152Every time these alternative/privacy focused/decentralised social media platforms appear they absolutely BUTCHER the UX. I thought "oh cool, let's sign up!" 1. I click "sign up." So far so good. 2. I am redirected to something called "Mastodon." No idea what this is. Nothing about it on the previous page. Is this a bug? Do I trust it? No options to sign up here. Only "get the app" and "find a server." I'm on my PC an…
Why would you expect to be able to sign up to "the official ActivityPub microblogging platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs)"? The link could offer some explanation, but the idea is to redirect you to the main project's page where you can pick an open instance. This one obviously wouldn't be open.
Re: EU Voice
#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't understand why the EU bothers wasting money on these initiatives. No one uses these platforms. Why don't they buy a considerable stake in these American social media companies instead of trying to reinvent the wheel that is deflating as soon as it launches. https://tube.network.europa.eu URL looks like a scam website. There is no way tech illiterate people can use these websites. Their first video that appear…
> I don't understand why the EU bothers wasting money on these initiatives Because they don't cost much? If at all? > Why don't they buy a considerable stake in these American social media companies instead of trying to reinvent the wheel that is deflating as soon as it launches. Because if they did, the US is going to freak out about foreign influence. just look at how the media is reporting on Saudi Arabia investin…
> > Why don't they buy a considerable stake in these American social media companies
also because there's this thing with physical location of the data: europeans' private data must never leave the EU
Re: EU Voice
#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
> mastodon/puretube.official.eu would've been better That's what europa.eu is, it's the official domain of the EU, every subdomain of europa.eu is an official website of the EU > > Their first video that appears on the website "The future of data protection: Effective enforcement in the digital world - full video" is 1 week old and has 27 views I just thought to check but funnily enough the exact same video posted on…
> (…) the EU just has horrific public outreach Given the number of communication agencies working with the EU and since the EU had its own communication branches, one has to wonder whether having such a low outreach is by design and why this is.
> having such a low outreach is by design and why this is
Not much to wonder about, public interest in the EU is abysmally low which is in good part because people don't know what the EU is or does.
You'd need a good PSA campaign plus to teach "EU civics" as much (or at least almost so) as national civics in school.
But both of those are never going to happen because for national governments it's much more convenient to keep the EU as something that can be blamed when things go wrong and pretend it doesn't exist when things go well
So politicians don't talk about the EU when they should, newspapers care much less than they should and it trickles down to horrible participation rates in EU elections and even that is more often than not seen as a way for government/opposition national dynamics
It's changing a bit but not enough
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#155Every time these alternative/privacy focused/decentralised social media platforms appear they absolutely BUTCHER the UX. I thought "oh cool, let's sign up!" 1. I click "sign up." So far so good. 2. I am redirected to something called "Mastodon." No idea what this is. Nothing about it on the previous page. Is this a bug? Do I trust it? No options to sign up here. Only "get the app" and "find a server." I'm on my PC an…
Why would you expect to be able to sign up to "the official ActivityPub microblogging platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs)"? The link could offer some explanation, but the idea is to redirect you to the main project's page where you can pick an open instance. This one obviously wouldn't be open.
> Why would you expect to be able to sign up to "the official ActivityPub microblogging platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs)"?
Maybe because of that CTA "register" button in the top right corner of the page (left to the "sign in" button) ?
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#156Every time these alternative/privacy focused/decentralised social media platforms appear they absolutely BUTCHER the UX. I thought "oh cool, let's sign up!" 1. I click "sign up." So far so good. 2. I am redirected to something called "Mastodon." No idea what this is. Nothing about it on the previous page. Is this a bug? Do I trust it? No options to sign up here. Only "get the app" and "find a server." I'm on my PC an…
Mastodon is a community effort, and as such members of the community will work on stuff like UX.
I’m not saying that you’re wrong, but rather contribute back instead of slamming a (very advanced and usable) project down just because your registration experience was bad.
This is open source, not a company with billions to spend on UX: they do what they can.
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#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't use Twitter but seen numerous tweets cited in all the other media I consume. Twitter is sort of backbone, fairly useless on it's own, but important for what it enables in wider context. It's not much weirder that people use private Twitter than that people use private google.
I'm not talking about people, I'm talking about government officials. The fact that the British PM will post information, in his official capacity, on Twitter that will not be posted on gov.uk is ridiculous and should be illegal.
>that will not be posted on gov.uk
I agree it _should_ be posted on official websites.
Unfortunately we're racing to the bottom in how information is communicated and an app that delivers 10 second bits of nonsense is winning.
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
>the US is going to freak out about foreign influence The irony of posing this as hysterical considering 99% of this thread is people saying "Good! The EU shouldn't be dependent on foreign influences!!"
The Norwegian pension fund already owns roughly 1% of many of the large tech giants, not sure what percentage would cause the US to start freaking out, especially as the EU is a close ally. Meta Platforms Inc 1.01% Twitter 0.89% Alphabet Inc 0.85% Apple Inc 0.84% Amazon.com Inc 0.81% reference: https://www.nbim.no/en/the-fund/investments/#/2021/investmen...
That's very far from a controlling stake, by design if memory serves well regarding the Norwegian pension fund. Also, Norway is not part of the EU.
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#159Every time these alternative/privacy focused/decentralised social media platforms appear they absolutely BUTCHER the UX. I thought "oh cool, let's sign up!" 1. I click "sign up." So far so good. 2. I am redirected to something called "Mastodon." No idea what this is. Nothing about it on the previous page. Is this a bug? Do I trust it? No options to sign up here. Only "get the app" and "find a server." I'm on my PC an…
Mastodon is a community effort, and as such members of the community will work on stuff like UX. I’m not saying that you’re wrong, but rather contribute back instead of slamming a (very advanced and usable) project down just because your registration experience was bad. This is open source, not a company with billions to spend on UX: they do what they can.
The point is that these open source initiatives are exactly competing on UX with billion-dollar companies, and that they will continue to lose.
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#160Every time these alternative/privacy focused/decentralised social media platforms appear they absolutely BUTCHER the UX. I thought "oh cool, let's sign up!" 1. I click "sign up." So far so good. 2. I am redirected to something called "Mastodon." No idea what this is. Nothing about it on the previous page. Is this a bug? Do I trust it? No options to sign up here. Only "get the app" and "find a server." I'm on my PC an…
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