@killyourfm It’s amazing to see how issues that have essentially been solved decades ago were thrown out instead of refined. Usenet was federated from the get-go, FidoNet as well. The UX was challenging for casual users though.
The issue is the same everywhere in OSS tech: it’s dominated by engineers, not designers and UI/UX experts. They work for commercial entities because their expertise is valued there. Try working as a capable UX designer with OSS engineers and you’ll see what I mean.