Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoThanks for sharing! Very much aligned with what i have in mind… Only difference would be to narrow down to 1 or 2 (if at all) on the landing screen - maybe all other options are under a “advanced user? Click here to expand server selection” or something like that…
I agree, but people (read: instance owners) might disagree who gets to be seen up top and who won’t make that cut.
It’s a tough dilemma in itself, I will say. In the end, I think we should move this part of the joining experience until after new users are familar with the software.
So new users land at “lemmy.noob” or something, and when they are ready to spread their wings, they can choose the things I showed above to go and find the right home for them.
Centralization detected
Good point. I don’t have all the answers to this predicament, but I think most of us agree that we need to improve on the onboarding experience.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Join-lemmy suggests outdated and defederated instances: lemmy.world/post/24220536
I usually go with lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37336391