Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
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If they look at the "all" feed they'll see 90% of the same stuff from 90% of instances.
Once (from experience) they learn what they want from an instance, they can always switch.
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could you give me an example of which community doesn't work?
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"feels like old reddit" is a weird way to say "it feels like new reddit, but doesn't leak ram, doesn't take as much or more processing power as AI does to run, and interjects ads randomly into the feeds"
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it's confusing from the perspective of choice paralysis, ultimately you can just make a new account and move to another instance if you really don't like the one you're on.
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Volunteers are a double edged sword. At some volume of users and content it either needs to be a huge team of like minded volunteers which increases the likelihood of ye power tripping bastards or someone who is paid to do it and spend the time with rules to follow.
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oh shit that's awesome almost makes me want to not use sync anymore
almost
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Yeah, true. But that’s cool. Having choice like that is great!
But I suppose that’s the issue. Trying to keep signup simple to help drive user engagement. How much do you try to wrap someone’s head around such nuanced differences, and when do you say “just join me on my instance”?
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Quality content as usual. I appreciate the thought you've put into this and agree with your reasoning.
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(Guy who uses email at work): MuLtIpLe sErVeRs ArE tOo HaRd
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I’m fine with the effort bar being selecting an instance. If someone can’t get beyond that, there’s probably not much they have to say I’d be interested in.
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Oh, cool, a new account to block.
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That bar to entry is a good thing; it helps keep most of the stupid out. The same stupid that ruined the rest of the internet.
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99% of users are going to check out when you ask which server they want to join
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In their defense, the reddit UI did suck and the webpage was barely functional for a very, very long time. How many years did it take them to get video to be even passably functional?
Almost every Lemmy interface is an order of magnitude better than anything reddit has ever managed to produce. Voyager is a pleasure imo.
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Likewise, lol. A little friction keeps the chaff out.
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It's closer to that yes, and you don't really know whar a football team is
