I’ve suggested something similar before and got shur down. Just sort people into a Lemmy server either based off their interests or location
“Nationality France = Lemmy France Server”
Or
“What are your interests? Gaming = Gaming Lemmy server”
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pigup@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Could there be an option for a sorting hat that could either: look at the redditor’s post history and determine a good server for them or simply spin the wheel. Either way would get the lazies shit posting without them having to learn anything about fediverse. I know I would have just spun the wheel.
UrukGuy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
howrar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Shut down as in someone shut down the website or people telling you that the idea is trash?
UrukGuy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Shut down as in ‘that’s a terrible idea for the fediverse’
If it was public & randomly sorted to the fediverse Lemmy servers, I don’t see how it would be an issue
howrar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Do you know why? It sounds to me like a great addition to the fediverse.
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
That’s how the Lemmy info page (what comes up when you search for “Lemmy”) does it, and the experience isn’t great.
Before I knew how Lemmy worked I just clicked the first option it showed, which (for me) was a non-English instance. The second option was that LGBT-focused instance that defederated with lemmy.world a few months ago. Of course I didn’t know anything about either community so I just picked randomly. I went right back to Reddit until they pulled the next anti-user thing.