Be the change you want to see in Lemmy
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Thank you for your work
I'm not sure I'll have time for this, but I'll try to check what I can improve on the UI. -
There is usually an about page with the source link, or the joinlemmy apps page should have a link.
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Have a look at that frontpage and tell me if you think an average potential new joiner is going to stick around: https://lemmygrad.ml/
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Personally I'm totally fine with just hand selecting starter instances rather than trying to maintain a facade of neutrality. So many instances defederate with hexbear that it's a different experience and should probably be an intentional choice for the user.
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Yes, I asked too fast. It was quite easy to find out. Thus said, those are complete reforge of the UI, so that's a lot more work.
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It's worth it! I only read it last year and it gave me a whole new level of appreciation for the other stories.
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I don't have much to say, but thank you for working on lemmy all these years.
I can complain about it a lot sometimes, but I'm very grateful for both the communities and the developers that kickstarted the fediverse, and for free too! So, thank you
️If you or other people want to discuss the development of fedisoftware for beginners, or just growing as a whole you and everyone else are more than welcome at [email protected]!
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It's a great book!
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My old company solved that problem by making everything high priority by default, with efforts directed by the whims of the CTO.
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These aren't global fediverse rules, they're constraints meant to apply specifically to the new user experience on Lemmy only.
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It's so much easier to comment and get replies here.
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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 kindThe Mastodon Server Covenant is pretty much what you describe here, and could be used as a starting point: https://joinmastodon.org/covenant
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Honestly, if my PM never pestered me about the status of my tickets, I would never close them. Some of us need the pestering!
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You and you being so nice made me switch to ad hominem faster than usual! How the person like you can be so terribly pleasant? Treat yourself, you fellow lemming.
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As long as it's clearly labeled as something like "a communist instance", why not? Some potential Lemmy users would probably feel right at home. It doesn't even have to be a controversial label, just a factual description that the Lemmygrad people would agree with.
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In that case I agree. The issue I see is people saying "just give new joiners a random instance across the top 20", denying the unique culture of a few of them
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Ah, yes, that makes sense now! If it is an automatic, random server selection, then I also agree that it should be only generic, non-controversial instances that are selected.
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One of the nicest things about these communities is how easy it is to have good conversations with internet strangers.
Maybe at that point people would use the Local feed more when they want to interact with their neighbors?
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The only thing is the community search that is a bit cumbersome, but this is due to federation, and understood.
This would help https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2951
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There'd probably arise a need of a default instance with only guest access for a test drive before they pick their own instance, with some pop ups pointing at the fact that the name [email protected] means he is a part of some meta-subreddit lemmy.ml, that doesn't mean shit for he just helped [email protected] with a link to the source. Their likes are collected but never shown. When they'd want to stop lurking and finally press a login button, it shall instead invite them to see instances of people they liked before first, others next, with tips what lead some rank so high in their list. After the signup is confirmed, their likes may or may not be transported, but their temporal profile is deleted.
I see the natural flow would be something akin to that: we start with a showcase of general content from different nearly-default instances and then get them recs about persons they did enjoy reading.
