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Re: 1M Users

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Post by mrweasel »

talonx wrote: post #40
mrweasel wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get why they wouldn't offer it. Support nightmare and very few people would use it anyway. Almost everything should have MFA, but it's not a solved problem. The overhead is to high and if you force it upon users you'll lose many of them.

Valid point about support but if you enforce it everyone will have to use it unconditionally. Not having MFA opens it up to potential data breaches causing havoc.

Absolutely, but not even Facebook enforced MFA... Though they do offer it. I just can't imagine the absolute nightmare it must be to get Facebook, Google or Microsoft to reset your MFA if you lose it. You might as well create a new account.

We did a MFA reset for a remote coworker a few weeks ago, the about of validation and procedures we had to go through was insane, but also the only way to ensure that this is a correct reset.

MFA is really really important, but there's no good solutions for it yet.

Re: 1M Users

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Post by massimosgrelli »

It's incredible how this type of revival from the past gained such meaningful traction, but, in a way, I fully understand it. The online world has become so confusing that many desire a simple one. The same feeling drove me to adopt Threads over Twitter/X—even if I still use them both.

Re: 1M Users

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Post by apples_oranges »

massimosgrelli wrote: post #53

It's incredible how this type of revival from the past gained such meaningful traction, but, in a way, I fully understand it. The online world has become so confusing that many desire a simple one. The same feeling drove me to adopt Threads over Twitter/X—even if I still use them both.

The confusion, especially on X, is caused by focusing on what advertisers want vs what users want

Re: 1M Users

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Post by creesch »

Sparkyte wrote: post #5
pech0rin wrote: post #4

Looks interesting. Definitely nailing the old myspace aesthetic. I’d be more curious about active users versus registered users. Social networks are usually defined by activity. Unfortunately registered users probably contains a lot of bots and spammers.

When I saw this I was like ooh noes not myspace all over again. I feel this style may actually be a hinderance for adopting more users. People really want something more reactive like Discord. Discord is very much disliked, but the software is really good and that is why most people won't abandon it. It is like comparing Slack to Teams. It will be a long time before anything catches immediately up to Slack or Discord…

> People really want something more reactive like Discord.

Citation needed :) This feels like you are parroting either your own preference or something you have heard other people state as fact.

Re: 1M Users

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Post by keithalewis »

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #9
Sparkyte wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I saw this I was like ooh noes not myspace all over again. I feel this style may actually be a hinderance for adopting more users. People really want something more reactive like Discord. Discord is very much disliked, but the software is really good and that is why most people won't abandon it. It is like comparing Slack to Teams. It will be a long time before anything catches immediately up to Slack or Discord…

> hinderance for adopting more users Promotes a smaller, more tightly knit community. One person's X is another's Y.

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Re: 1M Users

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Post by damaya1982 »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #16
Sparkyte wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I saw this I was like ooh noes not myspace all over again. I feel this style may actually be a hinderance for adopting more users. People really want something more reactive like Discord. Discord is very much disliked, but the software is really good and that is why most people won't abandon it. It is like comparing Slack to Teams. It will be a long time before anything catches immediately up to Slack or Discord…

Discord always had a unique way of making me feel old I avoided it because when when a ding occurred there is no indication which channel had just donged, just left me confused as to what was happening

I get on Discord here and there to discuss Linux, programming and so on. It is definitely much different than IRC. The demographic seems to be 14 year olds trying to customize their WM.

Re: 1M Users

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Post by globular-toast »

massimosgrelli wrote: post #53

It's incredible how this type of revival from the past gained such meaningful traction, but, in a way, I fully understand it. The online world has become so confusing that many desire a simple one. The same feeling drove me to adopt Threads over Twitter/X—even if I still use them both.

It's happened time and time again already. Firefox was the light version of Mozilla. Then that got bloated. Chrome was the light version of Firefox. Now that's bloated. Very few things resist bloat over time. This website is an example. People sometimes ask for new features, but the only change I can think of is pagination for long comment threads, which was driven by necessity.

Can't wait for IRC to become popular again. I'll still be there, waiting.

Re: 1M Users

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Post by nicholassmith »

lawgimenez wrote: post #21
idonov wrote: post #10

Please let this go viral, it's about time to make social media great again

Anyone here tired of social media? I’m almost 40. Just curious of my age group.

Almost 40 as well, also tired of social media but I do miss social networks. This seems to hew more closely to the social network concept than being a media outlet which is lovely to see coming back.
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