Be the change you want to see in Lemmy
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Lies. Publish the list of all users you've banned from github
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it doesn't matter which one you choose
That's not really true though, every instance has it's own rules, and it's own federation policies, not to mention the other instances that don't generate with it.
I'm already on lemmy, so it's not like I haven't gone through this before, yet I still haven't made a pixelfed account despite being interested because I don't want to just go for the biggest instance and I have no idea how to vet the other ones.
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I think it's better to keep it simple for new users. Tell them it doesn't matter which server since that is theoretically true in a general sense. No need to overwhelm them with all the asterisks. Once they start engaging, they'll learn the nuances and can change instances.
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I don't internet without uBlock. I honestly couldn't imagine it any other way.
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It's not that it's "too hard", it's that even a tiny set back for something that someone is already hesitant to do can be enough to make them not do it. It's just easier to call that "hard" or "confusing" than say "even a tiny set back for something that someone is already hesitant to do can be enough to make them not do it."
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In terms of the "default instance" suggestion, I have an interesting hybrid suggestion. What about having an "easy on-ramp" instance where you get registered for one month with a hard-exit (auto-migrate to other instance, perhaps using some kind of federated-auth/token system for the migration, and forced password-setup on first use of the new instance). At any point during on-ramp the user could configure destination-instance from a list in the settings (or configure auto-export for manual import to any other "auto-migrate-unsupported" instance), with optional early-migration if the user has decided before the end of the month. Optionally a recommendation engine could iteratively curate a list of suggested instances based on usage during on-ramp (admins of those instances could provide - limited number of - tags of their choosing for the engine to use for matching). That part could be opt-in because probably a lot of users would find it creepy. The UX would need to be very user-friendly "pointy clicky" because that would be the overwhelming target demographic of such an instance.
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Then they don't want to be here. Part of the reason this community is so great is because it's fueled by those who actively want to participate in a place like this. It doesn't have to be a place for everyone to be the best place for those here.
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You can actively want to do something but be bombarded with minute ultimately irrelevant details and still get frustrated.
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That would take a significant amount of work to implement, and we dont have the resources for it. But all the code is open source, so youre welcome to give it a try yourself.
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Another to add:
Caught an IP ban for "report abuse" after reporting several bigots. Couldn't have been more than 5.
No warning or previous infractions, just straight up IP banned. Appealing did nothing, of course. Eventually just stopped caring.Saw quite a few people saying they had the same thing happen. The general consensus of those threads was just not to report *anything *anymore...
