• paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      13·
      1 hour ago

      LibreOffice works great for me. One of the most useful FOSS softwares I’ve used for school. Do you want to actually elaborate on what about it doesn’t work for you and potentially get help, or just complain into the void?

  • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
    11·
    4 hours ago

    My dad is a 60 year old warehouse manager and ex highschool-principal.

    I recently found that he prefers using libreoffice at work for spreadsheets.

    • Regular Water@lemmy.eco.br
      0·
      53 minutes ago

      I did a test with a group of gen z on my work (I’m the IT guy) that never used excel before (Or used only once), and most of them liked libreoffice. The only detail was the ones that used Excel before, i change the interface to the microsoft one, but they did not liked. So they ask for the original from microslop…

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    4 hours ago

    I mean if libre stuff is not getting off we cannot expect much from others but even this suggests they are reducing their xitter activity which is likely the way to go. Do a minimal on it to keep the recognition and expansively post in the federation.

  • arcine@jlai.lu
    95·
    7 hours ago

    Amazing to see Mastodon instead of Bluesky there ! Too many people falling for the Bluesky trap…

    • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
      30·
      6 hours ago

      Yeah, I’m surprised how many go to Bluesky. It’s just Twitter all over again, controlled by a single company.

    • oh_@lemmy.world
      14·
      7 hours ago

      Tbh I am on Bluesky more than Mastodon. Bluesky just feels easier to use. Normal users don’t care about federation. They want the app to work easily for them. Mastodon requires a bit to get a good feed etc. Bluesky you can be lazy. Wish Mastodon had like a default “what’s hot” or “Discover” feed. Really helps find people to follow as well.

      • leadore@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 hours ago

        Wish Mastodon had like a default “what’s hot” or “Discover” feed. Really helps find people to follow as well.

        You mean like Mastodon’s “Trending” and “Discover” feeds?

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
        7·
        3 hours ago

        The last couple mastodon updates made it easier to access the trending feed (which afaik has existed since 2021) and added features like quote posts. Bluesky starter packs and custom shareable feeds are definitely its major perks.

        The odds though bluesky will get bought up by right wing billionaires in the next 10 years is almost 100% unless there’s a major change in media management laws so don’t get too attached to bluesky since there is like a nonzero chance trump jr buys it with his crypto bribes.

      • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        7 hours ago

        Ease of use is one of the failings of the federation that needs to be addressed or it will never have a larger pool of users.

        • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          51 minutes ago

          But can it really be addressed? Centralized systems will probably always be easier to use. For example, if you want to follow a lemmy community, it will be community@somewhere instead of just the community name, and it will be possible to have competing communities with the same same but different servers. This will always leave people confused, and it’s something inherent to the federated model

          • PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            46 minutes ago

            That’s part of the problem. Confusion like this just leads people to not engage with the platform. I suppose it is what it is and just enjoy this place while there are still people here.

            • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
              2·
              42 minutes ago

              To complement my previous comment, I believe the best course for us would be, instead of trying to address something that will never be better than in centralized networks, to try creating things that are great and exclusive to the fediverse. People can deal with minor inconveniences if they get some unique experience in exchange

        • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
          5·
          6 hours ago

          Open source content serving algorithms? We’d need to classify the content and have a server that recommends based on the algorithm. Also, user tracking to some degree (but maybe that can be handled locally?)

      • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
        8·
        5 hours ago

        I don’t think that ease of use is the problem. The problem is, people want an exact copy. Most people don’t like changes, they just hope that the alternative is the same, just without the issues they leaving it. Same expectations for GIMP and Linux operating systems… (for the normie at least).

      • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        “Trending” gets you somewhat the way there to a “what’s hot.” Though I wish it’d update more often.

        But, in reality, that just means I get off of my phone sooner because I’ve seen the same stuff so that’s fine.

    • yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      22 minutes ago

      Clown take. This comment would make a lot more sense if the original post were made by some cry baby throwing a tantrum after getting spawn camped; however, in this case, the original post is spreading the word about how and where a product’s dev team can be reached going forward (and how/where they cannot be reached anymore). We very much need these kinds of announcements.