Fun fact: the standard qwerty layout was made to slow typewriter typing down by putting common keys off the home row and apart from each other. This was done to prevent the little key arm thingies from colliding and jamming when typing quickly.
EDIT: Apparently this is not a fact
Josef Mengele died in 1979
I guess that’s just a factor of this being a non profit thing. A user-built social media platform doesn’t have to do everything it can to retain user eyeballs for as many seconds a day as possible.
Curse you, I was just about to upload this. My spirits are crushed and my dreams are ruined!
Younger folks have been raised on apps and other polished devices with oodles of effort put into UX design.
Older folks grew up learning DOS commands, memorizing the IRQ of their sound card, and other clunky shenanigans.
In their current state Lemmy, Mastodon and other services are too complicated for most young folks to bother with. Not all, but most, especially the filthy casuals.
Save the earth
Do coke