Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
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Was your experience different between those 3-4 servers or was it pretty much universally consistent?
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I mean... old (it's in the name). Does it matter? What's your point?
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I've seen it a few times but it's really easy to avoid tbh
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I think a lot of people that think the UX is different from reddit weren't on reddit 14 years ago when it did look very similar to this.
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My opinion as a IT professional who's been involved with UX & UI for 12 years.
Just google 'Good UX principles' and you'll see Lemmy breaks so many of them.I'm sorry but you're wrong, Lemmy breaks basic UX principles the UX is bad on multiple levels, that's just the reality, all I'm saying is we should do something about it.
I don't have the answer to a perfect solution, but something needs to be done to smooth out the process of joining and getting used to the platform.
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Not necessarily. That's just what I did.
The point is, they aren't making a permanent decision. They can switch or move at any time for any reason. -
You're thinking like a designer for a slick, centralised, profit-and-growth-seeking company (no shade, I'm guessing that thinking literally makes you good at your job). The fediverse is entirely about choice; if different instances want to have a different default look and feel then that's great and new users can pick one they like the look of, but insisting that everyone should have the one that you think is best isn't a meaningful or helpful change.
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That's a good point. May be true.
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I like the analogy that Lemmy is like an email provider. Many possible providers, one Internet. Maybe we could get more traction if Lemmy were marketed in a similar manner? Or even have email service like sdf.org?
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I think some servers do that? They definitely try to cater to niches.
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That’s what that Star Trek server did.
The problem with that is that you need to make a user on one of those servers. Do you make it on the politics one, or the games one? What happens 3 months later when you realize the server you picked on a whim is full of assholes and gets defederated?
Do you think an average user at that point would move their subscriptions to a new account or will they get annoyed at the concept?
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It also keeps people that join active for longer if there is a wider variety of content which comes from there being more members.
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Why are you passing off the onus of proof to me or others in this thread? It's your argument.
Just google 'Good UX principles' and you'll see Lemmy breaks so many of them
No thanks, I'm also a decades long IT Professional and I'm not going to do that. It's your argument so your burden of proof.
Lemmy breaks basic UX principles the UX is bad on multiple levels
Again, please feel free to cite specific examples.
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Facebook has servers all over the world; there's not just one Facebook server although it appears to users like that. What would be the effect of asking (potential) Facebook users which server they would like to join?
In a somewhat related question, does anyone know how the extra-instance account transfer request is going? Not sure where to look to find out.
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It's not difficult though. They just can't be arsed and are making excuses for being comfortable and lazy. If there was a $100 million marketing budget and their favourite celebrity was here, they'd sit an hour long entrance exam. The best we can do is make it fun enough here that people want to comment.
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It is definitely not too late for that.
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Thats my view, I prefer that Lemmy is small, I’ve had enough of the greater internet tbh
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One didn't allow down votes. Seemed like a good idea. I rarely down vote. But in practice, when I do it's for a reason. And I want the option.
Another went down for roughly a week. So that didn't work out.
Which is one reason I embraced Communick; a paid instance. Been here since.
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Really? You never ran into the endless "...furthermore, .ml must be defederated" posts?
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Have you ever been on Facebook? Ever read the illiterate moronic uneducated garbage that people post as fact? It's called 'my truth'; maybe because it's only true in their sphere (of one).
There are going to be a seriously large number of people totally flummoxed by that question.
