@leonp Tilley really nailed it, in a number of ways. I don’t expect Gruber — or much of his audience, or any of his same-thinking friends — to understand the ways in which he is wrong. Not that I think it’s important to change the minds of people who are so fully set in their ways.
@leonp Really like the article, and I think it articulates its point of view beautifully. And it’s one I have a huge amount of sympathy for.
Really hate the hed, though. The piece doesn’t really nail Gruber on any points of fact. They just have dramatically different points of view.
@leonp I just have a professional interest in weaning the world off clickbait heds. And that was certainly one.
@leonp While I understand that, I also understand that expecting everyone else to see things through the current set of priorities and focuses of the fediverse community is also a problem.
And I wonder if some people are confusing “average user perspective” with “Silicon Valley perspective”. I think an awful lot of average users are pissed off with Silicon Valley right now, but some of the opportunity to capitalise on that is being missed because of the UX issues that really need fixing in the fediverse world.
@leonp I think @gruber drops in here from time to time … so he might respond here. Be interested to have all ‘the parties involved’ involved .. if that makes sense?
@leonp I think ‘on here’ is strong … not regular .. but has an account and has thrown in a comment or two on occasions.