Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
-
-
But then why not merge them, it just solves all of the issues?
Why even have a script for that now https://lemmy.world/post/24312613
-
-
I think it will probably address a few of the issues you have with Lemmy, and then you will join the piefed enthusiasts like @[email protected] @[email protected]
-
Could have auto versus manual server choice. Can always maintain option for granular selection, but "normies" could walk into a quiz when migrating?
-
Top three things you used Reddit for? (List of maybe 10+ things, servers can maintain their feature list to empower this)
-
Do you like A) talking to everybody about days topics B) talking to a smaller group of like minded people
-
Do you like A) a MORE moderated space B) a LESS moderated space, realizing you may see more spam and controversy
And then calculates a server that meets needs, if multiple, then random number generator to assign a server. On user side, all they see is a quiz followed by a typical registration screen. This would help with distribution of users across niche servers, but feel lighter for user. They also would assume a more curated experience, regardless of where they end up. Servers could have to opt in to be fed users from search of they were afraid of impact on cost to maintain server.
The above likely aren't the right questions, but this framework could be effective
-
-
Using email is the worst experience in the world. There’s no security, no standard for quotes, no delivery guarantee, a patchwork of attachment deliverability guidelines and you have to understand things like bcc in order to not commit bizarre faux-pas all the time.
Email sucks and I can’t believe a person who wants to have a conversation about ux would seriously hold it up as a positive example.
Email literally replaced messaging held in shared files between time users of mainframes. It replaced the most centralized system imaginable which had a ux that required no additional understanding or training of a mainframe user. Twenty years after its inception, major universities still had to have special training classes to make sure students and faculty could use email.
The problem of people not joining lemmy/activitypub isn’t the ux of choosing a server. The problem is no one wants to leave reddit enough to do so. Lemmy doesn’t offer anything except possibly the same experience as being on some idealized version of reddit so why would users flock to it?
A better approach would be try to be a better platform than reddit like reddit was to digg, like digg was to slashdot etc. that’s what hexbear and beehaw do.
-
Lemmyverse.net is the best way to search across all instances for communities that would interest you.
-
-
I have a post early on Lemmy, around the migration, about how it felt like any morality and responsibility to objective fact over there left with our initially migrating group. The change is subtle, but it's crazy how far you have to scroll into the comments now to find the buried correct answer that refutes the misinformation in the title or linked article.
Also, the "which movie is this for you?" Type posts have just saturated over there. As well as shit, obscure linked sources (e g. "Indiatrump.biz" "realzgovtruth.info" kind of shit), as sources of front page upvoted posts, seem so much more prevalent over there now.
-
The problem is, and was for me too - that's not how people think of email. Saying "pick a server" is really arcane for most people, even "pick a domain." The fediverse as a whole has a terminology and jargon problem it still hasn't completely reckoned with, or at least figured out.
-
-
This exactly. Once I dove in and stopped reading, it oddly made more sense to me.
-
Jerboa is awesome, and it's come a very long way in a really short timespan.
-
There are people who don't realize that reddit is a website. Stew on that for a minute.
-
Very well said! -
Somebody will have to host that. Whether it's a Lemmy app developer, or baked into the Lemmy codebase itself.
-
Multi-reddits on Lemmy!
-
I just wish you had recourse for false (or maybe even correct, but heavy handed) bans, and it's still the largest gathering place for many communities - retro games, queer communities, other adult interest (not just pornography) spaces, local events/happenings, so it's really terrible to just be completely shut out of all of that. Whether voluntarily or not. (In my case not.)
-
I think Lemmy needs a higher-level sign-up procedure that hides the complexity of the fediverse. This could be a webpage with a simple, clutter-free interface that handles picking and registering on an instance from a curated list semi-automatically, for example, by asking you 3-4 questions before giving you a suggested server that fits your responses (that you can change) with a button to register right away (and handle the occasional additional sign-up requirements that some instances have).
IMHO, 90% of users will never interact with the "federation" aspects of Lemmy after that, and they also don't need to. I personally don't feel like Lemmy being federated has much of an impact on my user experience day to day.
-
