Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?
To me, the stripped down clarity on Lemmy is a feature. I remember back in the day when people flocked to Facebook from MySpace, in large part because they were sick of eye gouging customized pages and just wanted a simple, consistent interface. The content, not the buttons to click on it are the draw right?
I don’t mind the design, but it’s definitely not pretty. Like a pair of Birkenstocks, ugly but effective.
Hopefully once sync is up and running we’ll have something both utilitarian and attractive on mobile.