Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy

[xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

[rikudou@lemmings.world]

Read only instance would put them off too. The best solution, IMO:

• create a pool of instances that will act as the default ones
• when creating an account, create it on one of the instances, redirect the user there
• add an option to migrate an account to a different instance in case the user wants to choose a different one after a month or so

[winterfrost@lemm.ee]

After that my premium expires. Also I'm suspend indefinitely.

[blackn1ght@feddit.uk]

Yeah you can browse an instance without being logged in, so that would be possible.

[endmaker@ani.social]

We don't want to send everyone to the same instance otherwise it'll end up becoming dominant (see Lemmy World)

From what I've learnt in network science, I've got bad news for you: real-world networks tend to follow power-law distributions.

Lemmy, being a social network, is unlikely to be an exception. Some instances are going to become hubs and the rest would be peripheral.

[anonomouswolf@lemm.ee]

And? We want all kinds of people on Lemmy not just 'skilled' people

[blackn1ght@feddit.uk]

[anonomouswolf@lemm.ee]

[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

[pyroneurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

[steve@communick.news]

[willowthewisp@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

[blackn1ght@feddit.uk]

Sadly you're probably right. It would be nice if there were some load balancing mechanism where restrigrations could be shut for the larger instances where it recognises that it's grown much larger than the rest, and recommend altnerative instances.

[roofuskit@lemmy.world]

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[halfapage@lemmy.world]

Ah, The Great Filter of Lemmy, yes.

[anonomouswolf@lemm.ee]

[anonomouswolf@lemm.ee]

If you have to explain a joke it loses its meaning.
If you have to explain UI, it loses its meaning.

It should be self explanatory.

People here say Lemmy's UX is fine, and then give a paragraph of instructions a user should follow to get started.
They should just be able to start scrolling immediately, and if they want to interact they should be asked to create an account, and a instance suggested.

[maalus@lemmy.world]

[anonomouswolf@lemm.ee]

I'm sure you've seen some of the bad experiences new users have posted on here.

But I'll summarise

1. It's intimidating to pick a instance,
2. Once you login the UI is very different to what you're used to and not very intuitive.
3. No tutorial
   etc.

[rikudou@lemmings.world]

That doesn't help at all, I'd say. Most people won't ever create communities.