I feel like mastodon at times falls a bit behind on some features, would be cool to see if we can implement native gifs as per
Feature suggestion: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/25742

Threads has implemented a native experience which is superior than copying and pasting a gif using a 3rd party keyboard or having to hunt it down from the web
Ref: https://www.threads.net/@threads/post/Cy32ZRHOzuC/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D

On that note, we are also missing emoji reactions, feels like we fall behind on the “fun” features

  • the68thdimension@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For my usage, I’m quite glad Mastodon doesn’t have emojis and gifs natively. I’m here for discourse, and honestly gif reactions add nothing, they’re just noise. gif reactions on Twitter always seem to be used by edgelords or trolls, they generally annoyed me.

    I understand others might use them, I’m just saying that these are not some universal need.

    • JustDalek_@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Because an gif, much like emoji, are awesome when used as a reaction and can provide a very visual emotion where text can be open to interpretation

      With that logic, we shouldn’t have emoji for the same reason 🤷‍♂️

      • the68thdimension@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I mean we do have native emoji support in posts, you just can’t use them as a reaction. I don’t need reaction emojis on posts, this isn’t Linkedin. Either you appreciate my post existing (favourite it) or you don’t, I don’t need to know if you’re ‘sad’ or ‘celebrate’ or ‘heart’. If you’ve got a thought about it then add a reply. Once again, this is just my personal opinion, I realise others differ.

        I’ve also got gif on mobile because it’s built into the keyboard, so I don’t need Mastodon to implement it.

        • JustDalek_@alien.topOPBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I’m just saying ease of use is a big thing, gifs work but are such a hassle to use compared to any other platfor.

          someone can reply using a 3rd party keyboard like you said

          But from a UX/UI perspective that’s so piss poor compared to every other platform lol

          Mastodon should be freedom of choice but that shouldn’t be a hindrance either

          Otherwise, other platforms such as threads will implement better features first, be better in general, people will choose that platform, and everyone’s gonna complain about how evil meta overtook activitypub/fedi

          I’m just saying 🤷‍♂️😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

          • the68thdimension@alien.topBEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Yes, I get your points. All I’m saying is that working on ease of use for something that not everybody uses is not high priority. I’d much prefer the Mastodon team, with their limited resources, focus on improving existing features like following hashtags in lists, markdown support, supporting post migration during account migration, stuff like this.

            • JustDalek_@alien.topOPBEnglish
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              1 year ago

              Post migration during account migration would be huge yeah, I get where you’re coming from