I think so!
The difficulty depends on several things, but the easiest systems can be picked up enough to use in a few days to weeks.
I'll try to put together an intro post this weekend. How would you rank these features?
- Speed
- Size on page
- Less study required
- Number of users
- Ability to type it
- Phonetic (texts written phonetically are about 20% shorter, but it is an extra thing to learn)
That's the biggest problem with everyone doing the corporate socials' enshittification cycles instead of POSSE and/or independent services. Cool communities just fracture and die.
I've tried to get people to see this for decades. Maybe it'll finally enter the zeitgeist this go around.