I agree. Things need to be simple, intuitive, logical and as hassle free as possible.
That means everything: UI, signing up, configuring the service, everything. A user should just sign up , have an optional menu to choose topics and automatically the system should serve him a default page with two tabs or panes: All and Topics.
Then, by choosing a topic, the user could see content about that topic from various relevant servers, based on tags, flairs etc.
It also needs to play decently nice with social media.
Ads should be in regions that at hassle free and tag appropriately and clearly as ads.
Maybe an option for some communities to be private and subscription based.
Simplicity and ease of use is key.
A difficult, quirky system will stay niche or irrelevant and will die.
I agree. Things need to be simple, intuitive, logical and as hassle free as possible.
That means everything: UI, signing up, configuring the service, everything. A user should just sign up , have an optional menu to choose topics and automatically the system should serve him a default page with two tabs or panes: All and Topics.
Then, by choosing a topic, the user could see content about that topic from various relevant servers, based on tags, flairs etc.
It also needs to play decently nice with social media.
Ads should be in regions that at hassle free and tag appropriately and clearly as ads.
Maybe an option for some communities to be private and subscription based.
Simplicity and ease of use is key.
A difficult, quirky system will stay niche or irrelevant and will die.