This. Pick and instance and roll with it. Most ppl won’t notice nor care about the federation.
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JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Alternative: just send them to World and do not even mention the whole federation thing. Federation is essentially a power feature for a few people who care about it.
For normies, the real killer USP will be something much simpler: no ads.
Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 5 days ago
moseschrute@lemmy.world 5 days ago
What I could do is pick an instance at random and see if I can write that instance to app storage that persists on reinstall. That way, they don’t lose their account by not remembering what instance. That doesn’t solve the web.
The issue is password managers save username and password, but I need to save instance as a 3rd value. I wonder if I can prepend the instance to the front of their username in a way that the password manager picks it up, then slice it off later when they log in. But that’s kinda hacky.
Serinus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Usernames include the instance, @moseschrute@lemmy.world
moseschrute@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I’m so dumb. That literally solves so many problems. I just have to confirm that works with the login endpoint.
Serinus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You know, I would pick instances that aren’t federated with hexbear or Lemmygrad.
asudox@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
That’s bad. LW is already dominating the Lemmyverse. I’d say just send them to one of the top 10 or 20 instances at random.
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That’s an idea too. But personally I think this worrying about the dominance of a single site is a bit misplaced, assuming that the server uses the same software and protocols. There’s advantages in having some centralization. More resources can be put into the chosen instance to improve its reliability and its moderation. These need to be absolute priorities when trying to attract new users.
A certain encyclopedia site has a de-facto monopoly of the encyclopedia space. That’s not a problem because it has the right governance and ownership structure. I think the discussion space could perhaps use a similar site.
TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
It would be the nail in the coffin for me to block .world, and I imagine more instances would end up defederating
hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 5 days ago
I'd agree. And LW isn't a particularly nice place anyways. It's just the biggest. And if our core features aren't important to us, we might as well send them to any arbitrary place.