Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
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I tried to join a community that was meant to migrate away from reddit, but found two duplicates. So I wasn’t sure which one was the correct one. Ultimately the migration failed, even though it was a software oriented community
Which community was it?
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Oh dang, after switching the themes back and forth it now actually follows system settings. Cookies/cache are a strange thing I guess. Thanks!
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Nowadays, [email protected] has daily threads promoting active communities
Also what client where you using for that screenshot? Clients usually show instances after the communities name
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Boost. That was 1 year ago.
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This is fair, however, not ubiquitous and all their servers are expected to place nice with others.
Thank god email is federated, and not locked down to a particular company
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I don’t really get that either. New users are immediately presented with posts and communities they can interact with, and all of the functions are familiar to anyone who has used reddit or forums. The interface is straightforward and uncluttered, as far as what that contributes to the user experience. Also I have never found federation confusing.
I guess OP is talking about the attitude of personality of lemmy members and I don’t agree with that, either. The 2-3 people on reddit quoted in the post are clueless and there’s no indication they represent a significant and amount of people’s perceptions. “Endless wars about federation” - what? There was controversy for like 1 week several months ago.
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That problem will go away if we get more people to join lemmy by providing good smooth UX
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I totally disagree.
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Political literacy classes are available online… the idea of anybody thinking Lemmy is right wing (whether it’s code or the majority of its user base) is hilarious and a bit sad at the same time.
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Oh yeah absolutely the app purge is why I'm here. I absolutely despise their mobile app; but on desktop I don't mind.
The information density isn't that important to me on desktop since my screen is plenty large and scrolling (or collapsing) comments is easy.
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If any of that were true there wouldn't be posts and comments here and elsewhere from professional programmers who gave up on the registration process because of bad UX. I was one of them. People don't give up on registering here because it's "scary".
If you're one of the many people here happy for this to remain a niche for tech people then that's different.
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Spacetime is relative. If we're putting directions on politics, then politics has to be relative too.
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I like this idea! I still don’t see how the more narrowly focussed servers would benefit me. I went with Lemmy.world because size matters in a forum, and the admins have been outstanding with reliability. The most likely reason for me to jump ship would be if that reliability fell.
That being said when I was new I had no idea what hexbear was or Lemmy.ml or whatever, and there’s only so much a description can do. I know the difference after reading many discussion threads
But I so would have jumped on Lemmy.nerds over Lemmy.jocks or Lemmy.preppies. Multiple servers with clearer sub communities may help make onboarding easier. That being said, I realize I could just do that if I wanted to. I also realize that may just amplify the echo chamber effect
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Huh, I read this so differently than you guys intended. I was imagining different subscription profiles or something where the day is pleasant with things like c/awww but I get my rage on at night with c/politics
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What are those?
limbrols
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But once we need our over whatever we’re overly focussed on, we’re back to being the only ones in the computer lab at 3am
We need to bring enough nerds together or bridge the airgap, translate the jargon, find our unifying furry identity
