Comment on Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy
moakley@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I tried to join Lemmy during the API debacle, but then it asked me to choose a server. It didn’t explain what that meant or how it would affect me. I could read a long, confusing explanation of it elsewhere, but that illuminated nothing. So I gave up.
Eventually I tried again and just chose lemmy.world, since it was the largest. After that it was smooth sailing, and I like Lemmy a lot more than reddit. It turns out it didn’t even really matter which server I chose. (Although now I see some comments from people saying there’s something wrong with lemmy.world.)
You just need to hold the new user’s hand a little. Anyone who has ever designed a UI for an office environment would know immediately that the server question is going to be an impenetrable wall for many users.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
moakley@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
None of that affects me, but if I switch, which one should I switch to?
Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
The one I suggest the most lately is discuss.online
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Really it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t effect you. I use Jerboa and I’m sure most other apps work the same, you can switch between logins within the app. So if you want to join another instance, say dbzer0, which focuses around Piracy and Anarchy, you create a login from their page then sign in in your app. Switching between accounts is fluid and then if an instance you use does something to piss you off, you can slowly stop using it.
I like to think of it like a playground. We want everything spread out a bit and not all on one instance. So if the owners of that instance start to do things users don’t like, you can just replace the softball field, and keep the slides, swings, soccer fields, walking track etc. Each one of those I would be considering your main subs you are interested in. So if someone ties ads or starts being foul on that softball field, we walk away from the pitch, and onto another softball field and you keep your logins if you weren’t based on that softball field. Everything else stays good.