Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
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Lemmyverse.net is the best way to search across all instances for communities that would interest you.
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I have a post early on Lemmy, around the migration, about how it felt like any morality and responsibility to objective fact over there left with our initially migrating group. The change is subtle, but it's crazy how far you have to scroll into the comments now to find the buried correct answer that refutes the misinformation in the title or linked article.
Also, the "which movie is this for you?" Type posts have just saturated over there. As well as shit, obscure linked sources (e g. "Indiatrump.biz" "realzgovtruth.info" kind of shit), as sources of front page upvoted posts, seem so much more prevalent over there now.
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The problem is, and was for me too - that's not how people think of email. Saying "pick a server" is really arcane for most people, even "pick a domain." The fediverse as a whole has a terminology and jargon problem it still hasn't completely reckoned with, or at least figured out.
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There is a reason such a large part of Lemmy is developers. There's no confusion signing up for the developers. Federations and servers and instances are all crazy jargon to regular people. Although we may not want all regular types here, having some more regular people to balance out all the high IQ techies could make things more fun.
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This exactly. Once I dove in and stopped reading, it oddly made more sense to me.
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Jerboa is awesome, and it's come a very long way in a really short timespan.
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There are people who don't realize that reddit is a website. Stew on that for a minute.
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Somebody will have to host that. Whether it's a Lemmy app developer, or baked into the Lemmy codebase itself.
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Multi-reddits on Lemmy!
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I just wish you had recourse for false (or maybe even correct, but heavy handed) bans, and it's still the largest gathering place for many communities - retro games, queer communities, other adult interest (not just pornography) spaces, local events/happenings, so it's really terrible to just be completely shut out of all of that. Whether voluntarily or not. (In my case not.)
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I think Lemmy needs a higher-level sign-up procedure that hides the complexity of the fediverse. This could be a webpage with a simple, clutter-free interface that handles picking and registering on an instance from a curated list semi-automatically, for example, by asking you 3-4 questions before giving you a suggested server that fits your responses (that you can change) with a button to register right away (and handle the occasional additional sign-up requirements that some instances have).
IMHO, 90% of users will never interact with the "federation" aspects of Lemmy after that, and they also don't need to. I personally don't feel like Lemmy being federated has much of an impact on my user experience day to day.
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I'm sure it'll go away with time, hopefully as more people join and contribute.
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Oh I love tofu. Fried, with a bit of teriyaki sauce. Yummy.
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With discord, though, the "server" part is largely hidden from the user or at least transparent - that's the thing. It simplifies the same concept into something more tangible.
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Endless wars about federations. Ha, so true. Along with switching to Linux and Privacy.
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AFAIK, you're able to see pretty much everything on your instance, but Beehaw did defederate from your instance, so think you can see their posts, but they can't see yours.
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Yeah i have a comp sci degree and it took me a minute to understand the different servers and how to curate my feed and then balance quality vs quantity of posts.
Im capable of understanding but i dont want to put effort into my leisure app, and it seems like nobody else does either.
Good starting defaults for instances and the "everything" front page seems most important. Maybe training people on the front page to branch out by showing them posts from up and coming communities..
