[ikt]

> Federated services have so, so so so, many usability issues

I like how you're talking about it like it's some abstract underground BBS style system that requires a modem, ISDN line installed, custom software running on a unix subsystem

I mean I found https://fosstodon.org/home signed up, clicked on local, liked posts, followed people, now I get a stream of posts to my home feed every day

Maybe your everyday facebook user might struggle with the idea of signing up to a site and interacting with it but I'm just not seeing why anyone who can sign up to discord or reddit would struggle with it

[bobsmooth]

Try loading up an image on a different instance, or browsing that instance from a different instance. If you can figure it out, it's as slow as molasses.

[ikt]

Fosstodon posts that are on my home feed from other instances like this: https://imgur.com/6ToDHHm which is from floss.social load up instantly

Looking at the image source despite it being uploaded to another instance it's hosted on Fosstodon: https://cdn.fosstodon.org/cache/media_attachments/files/110/...

That said when I see posts linked to Mastodon on HN I do notice that maybe the HN Hug of Death hits them hard as they are noticeably slower to load than my day to day interaction with Mastodon, maybe this is what you're seeing?

[bobsmooth]

I'm sure it's fine if both servers have the resources but visiting a small instance from a different small instance and all the images load really slowly.