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informal PSA: we are sorry the UI got worse and more annoying to use, please blame Lemmy for all the shit that is now that little bit more irritating (beehaw.org)
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we already collectively dislike a substantial number of 0.18+'s UI decisions, most of which are minor but are already adding up to be that much more annoying collectively. maybe we can sand some of these off with theming in the future. for now though please hang with this and petition them to merge better decisions in the future, thanks

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[–] Piers@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re regular humans too and it’s understandable they get frustrated with things, it’s probably a bit of a turbulent time for them.

I completely agree with that, but I am concerned that A) if it's happening in a way that could filter back as "the admins of Beehaw" that may be poor for external relationships and B) in isolation it implies that those admins may not be taking a constructive approach to these issues, which would be obviously be bad.

I'm not sure exactly what the best answer is but I do think it would be good for the admins to think about it a bit and consider the best options for inevitable future circumstances like this.

I suspect that if this post had been one with a more constructive angle but that expressed those personal frustrations in addition to that then it would probably be ok. Unfortunately, when you take on responsibility as administrator for a community you do need to consider how what you do might affect that community and that does lead to feeling more restricted than if you were just a regular user.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I do get where you're coming from even though I don't agree. As you said, we're looking at this post in isolation; I don't think a random rant about a huge platform update that hasn't gone terrifically well is indicative of Beehaw admins not being constructive about it in general. It's still a < v1.0 service after all and there are some huge problems with eg. federation and whatnot that are causing admins and users of all instances nontrivial amounts of hassle.

It's a bumpy ride and there's going to be annoyances aplenty, but I do trust that in the end everyone is handling things OK even though annoyances sometimes flare up