imath 8:38 pm on May 15, 2023
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Peter Shaw 5:40 pm on May 20, 2023

Guys,

I am commenting on here as I saw this article:

https://buddypress.org/2023/04/buddypress-has-a-new-purpose/

And am concerned you are taking the wrong lesson from the survey when users complained that Buddypress was “Too Developer-focused”

They say that but it’s just frustration with not being able to create the site they want. Basically everyone has different expectations of what social networks should provide and most of those are unrealistic as people benchmark them of Facebook etc

Those that can’t code look to plugins and most either don’t do what they want or don’t work. They are unwilling to hire a dev and thus say Buddypress is “Too Developer-focused”.

But buddypress core can never supply what most uses want, just like core WordPress it is (and should be) not that useful without plugins.

Buddypress should instead foster its ecosystem. This involves being MORE developer friendly so that the existing plugins can be better. It also involves highlighting good plugins and themes. Updating the documentation. Improving the forums and actually answering questions in the forums.

Some other ideas:

Have you looked at integrating buddypress apis with modern browsers functionalities like push notifications, service workers, server sent events, the badging api (too name a few).

Or talking to major plugin authors like Andrij from better messages about that they like to see?

More broadly install growth is a poor metric, and consolidation is a trend throughout the web. Maybe it’s better to support power uses who are capable of building large sites with huge membership bases rather than supporting a diverse range of diy hobbyists.

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