That said. The language was confusing for me. Talking about ”centralized” and “hubs” didn’t really click for me. I view hubs as the center of something.

I dig where you’re going! This is just one dumb dumb’s interpretation of the copy. 😆

[–] teflocarbon 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Haha yeah, I get what you mean. The issue is trying to explain these things within my self-imposed limit. I wanted it to be less than 5 pages and under 200 words.

Unfortunately corners do have to be cut somewhere to achieve that. It’s something that’s quite complex to explain and I think I did an okay job. When it comes to terminology, I think hub is much better than instance. Centralised was one I dwelled on for awhile but I decided to leave it in the end as it provides a comparison to traditional social media platforms.

I think some illustrations would go a long way as well with it, but my illustration skills are practically non-existent. I can do UI and UX but not illustration :P

The idea of it wasn’t to be a detailed guide on it, it needed to be quick and simple. I’m planning on having some kind of knowledgebase in the future, which will give more guidance, information on terminology and inner workings. It’s something that I definitely want to do but it’s not in focus at the moment.

For now, I think it’ll be a helpful guide. I’m sure it’ll change in the future and I’ll be surprised if it didn’t. As the saying goes, if I had more time, I would’ve written a shorter letter. I’m pretty sure I’ll write a shorter and better explanation in the future. Hopefully sooner rather than later :P

[–] Ghostalmedia 3 points 2 years ago

I feel ya. I’m a UX designer, and sometime the copy writing / content strategy part of the gig is actually the hardest part. Especially with something nebulous like this.

You’re totally going in the right direction! I say get v1 out, take advantage of that Reddit migration wave next month, see what the new users say, then see where you need to iterate.

Keep up the good work. A tutorial is 100% the right thing and a smart move. Bravo!

[–] RustedSwitch 1 points 2 years ago

One note: rebranding instances as hubs is going to confuse new people, because the term “hub” isn’t part of the ecosystem vernacular, and they aren’t going to find that term anywhere else as they build their understanding of the system.