Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
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I wasn't gonna say anything but that's another issue with the userbase on Lemmy.
It's occupied by a lot of people who think they are better and smarter than everyone else. Not that reddit didn't also have that problem but the smugness levels are definitely way higher around these parts.
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Email is well established and has incredible UX.
Email wasn't competing with a well established centralised version of Email with a vastly superior UX when it was trying to gain users.
Lemmy doesn't exist in a vacuum
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[email protected] gang
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Unfortunately, Sync for Lemmy is basically dead. Hasn't been updated in nearly a year. I'm currently looking for a good alternative
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makes me think of people who say they don't like tofu. (tofu is a protein sponge that tastes like whatever you soak/cook it in)
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Absolutely! Growth is important and not every possible community is mirrored on the fediverse. But if anything this is all the more reason for interpersonal connections to drive new user growth. That will naturally help filter users to instances they align with. I’m considering going so far as to host an instance specifically for my geographical area to really lean into the idea of a “local” internet.
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For that side of reddit, you're right.
But for the uniquely useful side of reddit, federation won't help. If I post a question like "how do I get this obscure game to run well on this obscure Linux distro?", nobody is going to repost that for me, and if I don't maximize the amount of eyeballs on it, it's unlikely I'll get an answer. My best choice is to post it on reddit, either in /r/linux_gaming or in the specific game's subreddit.
I assume that most users who post anything at all on reddit do it to ask questions like that.
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To access it on desktop, just open the browser and type your server's URL (in your case, lemmy.world)
I guess we have to roll back from "apps for everything", or else many people might genuinely not know how to access their instance.
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Same vibe as Cato in the Roman Senate: ml delenda est
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Serious question here: what is the bad ux experience of lemmy compared to reddit? (except choosing an instance in the beginning, I get that this might turn off a lot of people)
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Lemmy desperately needs to get rid of toxicity of this kind.
It has become a more hostile place, and this negatively affects the experience for everyone, including the OGs.
And yes, if you want to have more lively conversations, you need more people. If you need more people, you should stop calling them morons and help them figure it out in baby steps. Don't make it harder than it already is.
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Have tell new users just sign up on your instance. Make it less confusing by sending them to a specific website and not just telling them about the software.
I swear to God, there are so many tech people here that overthink it because they know details that the average user would not give a single fuck about.
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I don't want to have conversations with children.
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"Wah wah it's so hard to pick a server!"
JUST LIKE EMAIL YOU NITWIT!
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You can experience each server before making an account, you just can't post or subscribe. If someone is afraid of creating am account on an instance they may not like (which if I'm being honest is a slightly strange worry, as it costs nothing to sign up, and they can delete the account if they don't like it), they can spend as much time lurking without an account as they need.
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I don't think these people actually want to leave reddit. They are only interested in farming karma by complaining about it,
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It's up to you, I was just giving you the option
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Only if you want top 10 instances.
sopuli.xyz and discuss.online both defederate hexbear and lemmygrad, are reliable and established
They are my recommendations nowadays
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What can we do?
More flaming about tankies and .ml that will help.
ABSTRACT AWAY THE FEDERATION!
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Create username and password
Sign into preferred app from your favorite store.I liked old reddit, and Baconreader, so for me Jerboa was great
