What are the implications for #ActivityPub user interface design?
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@benpate @bengo @smallcircles @strypey @EUCommission @nlnet literally just re-implement tumblr, with the exact same reblog chain UX, and the same fusion of likes+reblogs into "notes" (before Matt Mullenweg ruined that, which was the subject of much caustic backlash from the userbase, many of whom have been there for ≥ 15 years) … and see what happens.
and no, Wafrn hasn't done this. I did have a good chat with the Wafrn guy about why the OG tumblr UX is important (its emergent effects) though.
Honestly, I'm not super familiar with Tumlbr. Could you point me to an example of this in action?
We are limited (to a degree) by some design choices made in ActivityPub long ago. "Likes", "Boosts", and "Replies" are all separate things that are hard (but perhaps not impossible) to combine into a single unit.
@deutrino @bengo @smallcircles @strypey @EUCommission @nlnet
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Yeah, not impossible, just awkward and fragile. It complicates interop because other apps are expecting things to be separate. E.g., how to display something if a Mastodon user just clicks one, but not all three?
I dunno, maybe we’re overthinking it. We could just shove them all together, display a “best guess” UI, and ignore the screams from the ActivityPub purists?
@strypey @deutrino @bengo @smallcircles @EUCommission @nlnet
