Be the change you want to see in Lemmy
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Good post
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The userbase here is quite technical so there are many of you able to contribute.
As a project manager, I can help by ballooning the scope and setting the deadline to yesterday! Doing my part!
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My proposal have been a little more complicated, but IMO works well for a BFU:
- create some set of rules for "default instances" - every instance that wants to be in the list must follow them and will be periodically checked
- I don't have any particular rules in mind, but some examples might include active moderation team, obviously registrations being open and if you really want to make it easy, either no application question or having it automatically approved by an automod of some kind
- on join-lemmy, present a registration form that will create an account on a randomly selected instance from the pool and redirect there afterwards
- there should be a link somewhere for "experts" where you could link to the current wizard
I'm willing to work on this if we can sit down and agree on the criteria for the pool. I can also ask my UX guy to help a little.
Feel free to text me here or on Matrix if this is something you think is worth pursuing. I'd also appreciate if you let me know it's not the direction you want to go in.
- create some set of rules for "default instances" - every instance that wants to be in the list must follow them and will be periodically checked
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I do, although the sections in Mordor are a bit tedious to get through. But its worth it for all the details that were left out of the movies.
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I can confirm. These guys are very open to pull requests that improve the platform.
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I like this!
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I don’t have any particular rules in mind, but some examples might include active moderation team, obviously registrations being open and if you really want to make it easy, either no application question or having it automatically approved by an automod of some kind
Hexbear meets those requirements, which rule would you add to exclude them? Back in the day, exploding heads would fit them too
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I dont know. Not sure what can be improved, because that site keeps sending the majority of users to the large instances. Its against everything the fediverse was supposed to be. Decentralized. Not 5 instances having all users.
But whatever. Im happy on my smaller instance.
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This post is about UI and onboarding tho, not about mod behaviour.
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I would call them "starter" instances. And I'm in agreement there should be a set of principles that these instances should follow but at the same time telling new users that it's okay to switch instances. I started in .world but moved due to their increasingly conservative changes.
While I personally would steer new users away from .world, I think it's more important to tell them it's okay to switch instances.
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Is there an easy way to add tags (language and interests) to servers? I excepted one instance to come up with a certain combination, but there were none at all
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Thank you for this post and encouragement. I am open to volunteering my time and talents to help people find Lemmy.
However, after the work is done, it would be fantastic if you all could invest in advertising. I know that Google and Bing aren't great but if I had to guess, search trend for "reddit alternatives" is probably rising and Lemmy is in a great spot to provide reddit refuges a life raft.
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Instance topics are defined here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/components/instances-definitions.ts#L103
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There's still plenty more detail waiting for you after LotR!
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Are you referring to join-lemmy.org? It has a randomized order for the instances, so usually smaller ones are near the top.
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I dont think its a good idea to give money to Google or Bing for advertising. It would make Lemmy appear like a commercial project and give false expectations. And we barely have enough money for development so in my opinion money its better to donate. However if you have money and want to spend it on advertising, nothing is stopping you from doing that.
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Don't forget about asking how the project is going too!
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Word of mouth is probably a better idea
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I guess I need to check it out again. If that is true, its amazing.
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I'm the OP of one of the posts that blew up about UX.
This is great news, I will look into building something like join-lemmy/onboarding that could guide users, or improving join-lemmy
