alexanderniki

Ok, to start a discussion we need a topic and some theses and arguments. Maybe a couple of examples, proving the topic.

You've just thrown some shit in the fan and that's all. There is nothing to discuss here.

Almost 150 upvotes gets the article published behind the paywall. That's interesting.

Unfortunately, you're suggesting some technical workarounds for the non-tecnical problem.

Information density MUST be suitable for humans. Usability and productivity both have nothing in common with amount of clicking and scrolling required.

Just imagine making your font size something about 5px. And 1.0 as a line height. Sounds good, isn't it? There ia so much information displayed on the screen.

That's great. And if something is comfortable for you to use, it doesn't mean it would be comfortable for the majority of other people.

Maybe you use large screen(s). Maybe your information is not important and/or the interface doesn't require actions. Context matters.

As a user of 13-inch 2560x1600p screen, I definitely can say that apps need more whitespace to be usable. I've also been using 2 monitors 27-inch each some time ago. And yes, such a configuration allows for a greater density of information on the screen.

That's why I say (again): information density must be comfortable for humans. In their contexts of course.

There are social networking apps: Planetary and Manyverse.

Yes, as said - you have to take it every day. For me personally, there are no any side effects. But, there are also no benefits.

I would recommend to browse press.coop and (maybe) newsie.social instances.

Oh, that's a bit sad(

Agree. But we could say tthe same thing in the opposite direction: if you need more information on your screen, just use scaling and font settings :)

I use Ice Cubes client on my iOS. And it has a feature called "Local timelines". I just add an interesting instances there and read it without any problems, just like if it was my local timeline.