- About half the time I try to use Twitter on mobile I get this.
- My laptop has stopped suspending because a mysterious logging daemon refuses to release a lock, and today the keyboard stopped responding.
99% chance computers are buggy, 1% the servants of Moloch are onto me.
@flancian@social.coop RE the twitter mobile thing: Everyone using android is getting that. You just have to Force Stop the app from settings every time it starts to slow down. Dunno how the Twitter engineers haven't caught it yet
you jest but every time I see a startup launching/releasing a beta with an app that only works on ios (like clubhouse) I immediately think: right, you only care about rich people.
I mostly agree but I think that if you're early in a product cycle it makes sense to focus on one platform for versatility and agility as you continue to evolve the app. Lots of things change in the first year or two. And it seems like it's almost always better for an app to start with high-prestige users and have them be the aspirational model user that the plebs can then follow.
@funkyduffy @aly yes, I agree. It's a rational thing to do.
But you could imagine a better world in which companies also seek to be maximally inclusive from the get go, and think of the cost of doing business with people from other backgrounds as part of the equation.
@funkyduffy @aly perhaps non-profits and capped profit companies are better positioned to take this attitude though.
@flancian @aly
Obviously if you're releasing something that benefits from network effects like a social media app, then size >> everything, and you want to maximize possible audience.