But there’s not many current users over there to answer them. If you still have a reddit account and are willing to help some folks out, please consider doing so!
But there’s not many current users over there to answer them. If you still have a reddit account and are willing to help some folks out, please consider doing so!
A huge barrier for some is picking the instance and figuring which community they should follow.
For the second part Reddit also have the same issue.
"Lemmy has 42k monthly active users
Feel free if you have any questions"
Why those two? https://lemmy.world/comment/14616442
I slightly prefer mlem even tho its similar, arctic is the cleanest with the least issues displaying things imo, at least on iphone
The main appeal of Voyager is that it’s available on both Android and iOS
forsure that makes a lot of sense
Is it though? No one waited around and avoided email because they weren’t sure which provider to use. Just make an account and go… if you hear or see other features that you want, then move.
they dont know it works like email tho, thats the initial hangup, also it already has issues like lemmyworld blocking piracy instances
Idk I think the sign up phase could be simpler. A default instance and clear short documentation upon sign up would help. I say this not for me (nerd for 30 years) but just got my partner to switch and they were resistent due to the account creation process. Maybe it’s just the extra dimensions of “picking an instance” but it is a thing and a blocker for engagement.
"Lemmy has 42k monthly active users
Feel free if you have any questions"
Why those two? https://sh.itjust.works/post/31492067/16218879
Yes, I recently created a Pixelfed account and I definitely balked at the “pick and instance” step. When I joined lemmy (using connect) it didn’t ask me to pick an instance to create an account with and eased me into the idea of the fediverse. As a reddit refugee that only left because of morals, I absolutely felt like a fish out of water but I persisted. Others don’t wish to persist with something confusing or different. One one hand, that’s fine with me, I don’t want to share a platform with people like that anyway. On the other hand, if it’s not at least a little popular and easy to swallow for new users, growth will be impacted.
Some instances filter which content comes through, which might concern some people. And email services offer different features these days, so people might assume the same of fediverse instances as long as we’re drawing that comparison.
No, but a ton of people got AOL and Prodigy email addresses at first because they got an email address with their account.
I do think apps should default to lemmee or shitjustworks and then have an option for more savvy user to pick something else in the corner rather than giving them the option to pick immediately
Jeroba would default to .ml because the devs also admin the instance.