Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email
by userbinator on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:32PM
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That's because it was optimised to show you ads, and not for your comfort. Otherwise it wouldn't be a ridiculously bloated SPA, and instead be more like Nitter or some of the other alternate UIs that have appeared. Given the focus on $$$, I doubt Musk will change that aspect of Twitter in a direction that's better for you.
Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email
by truetraveller on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:40PM
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Definitely, platforms optimize for ads. But these things are actually not concerning ad display/engagement. On the contrary, these UX improvements would increase my engagement, and thus ad engagement.
Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email
by can16358p on Thursday November 03, 2022 @10:21PM
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Instagram is also optimized to show me ads, but it also has an arguably nice UX too, at least much better than Twitter IMO.
Re:Twitter to start layoffs -internal email
by carbonx on Thursday November 03, 2022 @09:31PM
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Agreed. A regular frustration for me is clicking on a tweet that is a replay to a tween, and then I still have to scroll back to see the original tweet. I'm old and mostly use desktop, so I don't really know that's how it works on mobile.
Twitter has some of the most atrocious UI design I've ever sign. Like basic usability is lacking. Extremely confusing buttons
Till this day, I'm confused. Oh the share button has an "upload" icon, literally. Oh this button, it's to see who replied, and this button it's to view actual comments, clicking an image on a tweet shows a different view with replies in comparison to clicking the actual body of the tweet. And once I finally get to see comments, it shows me 5 or so comments, with a "show more" that shows 3 more.
Content is just one long stream of white without any grouping/sections. And I'm not lying, I've noticed these problems like 5+ years ago. What exactly do these 200k+ UX designers / PMs do? Some of these problems are not subjective, but objectively wrong. Elon is doing well-deserved purge.