@ivory If I may provide some input for your awesome app:
The information I am missing most from the profile view is the profile creation date. This field is essential for me when evaluating whether a new follower is a legitimate person, or one of those newly created profiles which Russia uses to influence the opinion.
If the profile is less than a week old, that becomes part of my evaluation of the profile’s legitimace. On the other hand, three year old profiles are almost never spammers.
@randahl@ivory there are a number of usability issues with Ivory. Don’t get me wrong, I love so much about it. But there are deficiencies. I’ve conducted usability research on the most popular Mastodon apps, and this date feature is one that got mentioned a lot. I reached out to them about some of these (once about the creation date), being a paying customer myself, and their responses are typically defensive and dismissive. I don’t think they’re bad people. Their app just needs a little work.
@randahl@ivory It's there albeit in a weird place. Go to someone's profile in Ivory and just scroll alllll the way to the bottom, past their pinned/recent post history and there it is.
@randahl@shellsharks It's right where we think it should be. Most people don't care about this information. Definitely don't think it should be near the top.
@ivory@randahl@shellsharks that’s a bold statement. Do you have usability research that backs up “most people” and “definitely”? As a veteran UX designer, researcher, and usability test participant for Mastodon I question this position. At the very least, it would behoove you to reply with curiosity and empathy for the people paying for your product.
@ivory@randahl@shellsharks Um, most people or your team? I often check profile creation dates when someone new follows me. If they have a low follower count, is it because they are a troll or just recently signed up?
@CStamp@ivory@randahl you’re definitely not alone not alone, Carolyn. This is important to lots of folks using Mastodon. Twitter even features this on their profiles. It’s important information that people want.
As an aside, as a Mastodon moderator it’s even more important. We have this information available to us in the admin UI, but we’re often following trails through live accounts. Having it there is super helpful.
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