Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
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It's shocking to me just how stupid the average person is today. Computing catering to the lowest common denominator has made it too easy for idiots. Make computing difficult again; make people actually have to learn something. A tall order for the idiocracy of 2025.
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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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It's worse than reddit. It's more liberal.
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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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You could also use revanced and patch the reddit apk on android.
No adds etc.
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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
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Yeah like. I want a large community and stuff but. The idea of a new Reddit preferring community is weirdly repellent.
I really don’t want to hate on their preferences but also holy shit.
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That would help if they had a clue which one was near them.
Default to "nearest" one?
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We could do AB testing and see what users prefer.
Or at least change the Default Ui to adhere to good UX design principles
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You don't have to AB test all instances, we can do smaller tests.
But yea that's complicated and takes effort, instead we should at least follow good UX design principles for the default UX
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The majority wants better UX (look at up vote ratio of comments)
A fair amount of users want to gatekeep lemmy to only tech savvy people.
BeCaUsE fUcK dUmB NoRmIeS WhO CaNt FiGuRe It OuT, iTs JuSt LiKe EmAiL
There's a lot of us who just want better on boarding and defaults, it's not a lot to ask.
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The UX is objectively bad, it breaks most good design principles
