Are from Twitter CEO Elon Musk take over the social media platform, users have flocked to alternative choice As mastodons to see if they could be a suitable replacement for Twitter.
Users have moved out for various reasons, such as Twitter’s subscription service Blue is available for $8 / £7 / AU$9 (opens in a new tab) and made Blue Ticks available to subscribers, before being quickly removed after a few days and increasingly irritating users, such as apps crashing and images refusing to load, which I encountered recently.
hive (opens in a new tab) was recently touted as another alternative, which looks like a cleaner version of the official Mastodon app and comes with some cool extras, such as the ability to add music to the lake. your profile. However, there’s something about Mastodon’s community that always pulls me back to that social media platform and try out the various third-party apps the developers are working on to make it. more user-friendly.
However, while Mastodon is more welcoming to new users, there are still three features it needs to quickly implement to become Twitter’s successor, before another platform like Hive overtakes it.
1. Redesign and Rename ‘Server’
While it has become easier to login and register to the Mastodon server, by using the term ‘Server’, Mastodon risks alienating many new users as it sounds too ‘technical’. or complicated.
Instead, the group could name it ‘Community’ and could let new users automatically join a community so they can try out the service. The feed in this ‘Community’ can then show new accounts how to use Mastodon, while allowing existing users to share tips and advice with new people.
Users want to connect with each other without much effort, and Mastodon still requires a lot of this – and that needs to change quickly.
2. Add some color and shine
Currently, Mastodon’s design is too sharp, too angular, and too dark. If you switch to dark mode in the official app, it’s almost a Twitter clone, especially with the icons.
I wanted to see ways to customize the user experience in Mastodon by allowing users to change fonts and colors, similar to how Bebo, a social platform since 2008, would allow you.
This will give Mastodon more personality, as users can design and share their profiles with others. It would also be an interesting break from Twitter’s rather dull profiles, which all look the same.
3. Make it fun
We not only use these apps to stay in touch with family and friends, but also for fun.
Mastodon lacks this at the moment and for young people it can be a problem. For example, if the images in a post fail to load (which I’ve noticed happens often), Mastodon will look rather monotonous and boring, which can be frustrating for many people.
Check out some of the new features to further distinguish it from Twitter, discord and Hive, such as being able to edit posts or choosing different fonts and colors to make what you share really stand out.
Except Twitter spaceThere’s not much difference between Twitter and Mastodon once you get past the login screen, and that needs to change to attract a new set of users who are increasingly tired of near-daily (and increasingly chaos) by Musk on Twitter.
