Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
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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
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I'm of the opinion that federation should only prevent a community or instance from appearing in the all feed. I should still be able to subscribe to communities that my instance has defederated from.
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"If somebody gave up on the registration, how would you know?"
Because although I have an account here on Lemmy I can still see discussions on comparable sites."If you gave up on the registration, then how are you here?"
Because I came back a year later after coming across a good explainer for how the fediverse works.I'm not going to look at that link.
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In the EU there is some amount of data protection and privacy rights, so that matters to quite a few people. Commercial outfits handle those distinctions behind the scenes (eg, US users vs EU users get different amounts of privacy). On the fediverse, the user has to figure this out themselves.
Beyond that, I agree with everything you say. Some of the instances don't even have the name "Lemmy" in the domain or brand which makes it confusing. Or maybe they're not Lemmy but just ActivityPub compatible. I have no idea. You can also get unlucky picking a "bad" server. I first joined Kbin.social because it had the best UI at the time but man, it rarely worked and totally put me off.
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It’s like politics, hahaha. Those who don’t trouble themselves with too many details remain content with whatever they their emotions dictated while those who do research, sort out real facts, read reviews, understand the platform details live the next four years in constant anxiety
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Sure. You complained about that opinion, but it doesn't mean I can't hold that opinion. I don't agree with your observations or conclusions. We don't need more dimwit asshole conservatives here, if that's what you mean by 'wider audience'. That group already whines that Reddit is too leftist for them. I don't really agree that Lemmy is more extreme in that regard, other than specific instances like .ml or grad. The politics I see here are not more extreme and I don't find the user base 'repellant' at all, and I hold fairly typical US left views (would like more socialism, believe in human rights, universal healthcare, oppose racism, etc).
