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Tumblr says it’s going to “fix” its “core experience” to appeal to new users
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Discord: "The biggest problem: our current usernames can often be too complicated or obscure for people to remember and share easily."
Tumblr: "The underlying problem is that Tumblr is not easy to use."
Why does everyone think we are collectively too stupid to figure out how to use the internet? Like holy crap.
Yeah, I know these updates are geared toward a very specific audience, but I'm allowed to resent that, lol. Stop infantilizing users; we are not stupid.
Because a lot of users don't want to learn how to use a system, and a lot of users are stupid.
You might not be stupid, but you probably aren't the typical user.
Nobody wants to say it aloud because of the legal implications, but the majority of the internet is literal underage children. Like, probably over half of Discord users are actual kids who are vulnerable to being scammed when an account dupe of their favorite YouTuber friends them.
This has the effect of making the average user quite stupid, because they're too young for intelligence or wisdom - but as long as they sign up and promise they're 18 ("really!") then they can be advertised to.
Shit, my friend is 44 and got scammed by a "girl" on Instagram who convinced him to mint his art as NFTs so she could buy it. He didn't have the necessary funds (artist, remember?), so he managed to convince our other friend, a surgeon (also 44), to "invest" for a cut of the insane gains 😶
Normies are not very tech savvy and they are completely unwilling to deal with even the most minor inconveniences. Most people just want to open their mouth and have someone dump some internet in there. "Having to curate an experience" is not something many people are willing to do.
While I generally agree, I think if the internet has taught me anything, it is that the majority of people are, in fact, very, very VERY stupid.
I question:
People who are unwilling to put in a mild amount of effort to understanding something.
Are they going to improve or impair healthy online discussions?
Tumblr is trying to appeal to the user demographic that wouldn't bother going through the knee-high obstacle that is to sign up and learn to use Lemmy.
If a platform is only usable by someone of average tech savviness, then its reach is limited to half the population. This would be extremely limiting for a mass market product. As such, platforms cater to the least savvy 20% or lower.