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the_genderman) wrote2019-02-03 12:30 pm
the_genderman) wrote2019-02-03 12:30 pm
Hubzilla
First impressions: Extremely poor.
Firstly, it took me having to click the "Resend email" button because they just never? sent? my confirmation email? Which was, in hindsight, clearly A Sign.
Secondly, I am stuck on the "Create a Channel" page because it does not explain what this is or why I need to do it, only that it is mandatory. And the Hubzilla help document pre-assumes that if you're reading it, you already have a Hubzilla account or channel or whatever the fuck it is. No help to create one.
Tumblr may have been a disaster mess, but it at least made some sense. In signing up for Tumblr, you know you're creating a blog. Is Hubzilla a blog? A messageboard? A Twitter? What am I creating? Yeah, it's "like an email" in that it doesn't matter which part of the fediverse I'm in, it works across all of it, but what is a channel? And how is it different from a "network address"? Is it different from a network address?
And yes, I'm pissed. Sure, it makes sense to get away from the corporate spots that want to tell us we can't upload our smutty fanart, but is it really worth it to move to sites that make no fucking sense to "casuals" or people who have zero (and I really mean zero) experience with coding or p2p or whatnot? Sure, I understand on some level that p2p is "like Limewire" but ok, I never used Limewire. I did not have that opportunity. If fandom only wants to be open to the tech-savvy and those "in the know" and push out the "casuals," then it has lost its way.
Firstly, it took me having to click the "Resend email" button because they just never? sent? my confirmation email? Which was, in hindsight, clearly A Sign.
Secondly, I am stuck on the "Create a Channel" page because it does not explain what this is or why I need to do it, only that it is mandatory. And the Hubzilla help document pre-assumes that if you're reading it, you already have a Hubzilla account or channel or whatever the fuck it is. No help to create one.
Tumblr may have been a disaster mess, but it at least made some sense. In signing up for Tumblr, you know you're creating a blog. Is Hubzilla a blog? A messageboard? A Twitter? What am I creating? Yeah, it's "like an email" in that it doesn't matter which part of the fediverse I'm in, it works across all of it, but what is a channel? And how is it different from a "network address"? Is it different from a network address?
And yes, I'm pissed. Sure, it makes sense to get away from the corporate spots that want to tell us we can't upload our smutty fanart, but is it really worth it to move to sites that make no fucking sense to "casuals" or people who have zero (and I really mean zero) experience with coding or p2p or whatnot? Sure, I understand on some level that p2p is "like Limewire" but ok, I never used Limewire. I did not have that opportunity. If fandom only wants to be open to the tech-savvy and those "in the know" and push out the "casuals," then it has lost its way.
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Honestly, I didn't quite figure out the channels thing or the streams thing -- I basically set up an account a month ago, couldn't figure out where to find the dashboard/reading page, couldn't figure out how to friend people, so then I left. Then recently I logged back in because I got email notifs of people friending me, so I friended them back (or something? I'm actually not sure), but then I was able to find the reading page (the "Stream"). But yah, there's definitely a bunch of confusing phrasing that makes things harder. But I feel like that's stuff that can also be easily changed later.
I'm sorry it was so frustrating! It's definitely not going to be my main place any time soon, but rather a place I'll go whenever I have the extra brainspace and want to see what's going on in the kitchen. :X