So far, it seems, there’s a curious absence of commentary on what I feel is the core of the article: the fediverse’s UX problems.

I suspect the consensus answer here will be the chaos and complexity are the point and that anything more would probably entail antithetical centralisation (??).

But still, I think it’s worth considering what could be done about hard and broad UX issues and the trade offs against any goals the fediverse might have

I don’t understand the bluesky hype. If it ever is properly federated, I’ll try it out, but until then it’s just one of these new hip social media sites that appear every few months.