I remember joining reddit when it had the old interface and thinking that it is super unintuitive and complicated compared to all other social media. This didn’t stop reddit from growing and i don’t think lemmy will be restricted by this in the long run. People generally are just not aware of the fediverse and how it works yet but they will get used to it.
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LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 days agoI don’t think it’s too complicated, but it is noticeably more complicated than joining traditional social media. People often get immediately freaked out by the whole concept of instances. I know everybody keeps trying to use the email comparison, but that just is not working. People cannot connect the dots between email and something like Instagram.
eta@feddit.org 2 days ago
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Reddit’s complexity was always vastly overstated. You can login and be posting in seconds in a way that you simply can’t with the fediverse
eta@feddit.org 2 days ago
The only additional step you have on lemmy is choosing an instance and honestly it does not even matter that much which you choose. I’m not saying it’s trivial but it is nothing that is inherently more difficult.
Reddit was really strange compared to everything else a few years ago. It only appears easy now because we are familiar with the concept of subreddits now.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
You and I know this but people at first glance generally do not. Then you try to explain to them how Federation works and their eyes gloss over
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Depending on the instance, you might have to put a little more work into it. Not that I’m saying that’s a problem - in my eyes that’s a feature.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 days ago
To be fair it is easy, if it allowed you to comment and didnt delete them lol
3dmvr@lemm.ee 2 days ago
No you cant, karma requirementd bud, try making a new account and posting/commenting anywhere?
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I’m down to have a serious conversation but please don’t be patronizing with that “bud” crap
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
“Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit, you can visit phtn.app to have a look at the content. If you prefer an app, vger.app/settings/install has download links.”
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Here’s how you get on Instagram or Reddit:
- Go to whatever App Store you prefer.
- download
- enter email, username, and password
- verification email
You’re done. Your voyager link is not the whole process.
smeg@feddit.uk 23 hours ago
Lemmy can be as simple if not simpler than that:
- "Hey, Lemmy of is a bit like Reddit, have a look at <link to your instance>"
- they can have a browse, no download required
- If they want to join, enter email, username, and password
- Verification email
- "Hey, Lemmy of is a bit like Reddit, have a look at <link to your instance>"
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
We could maybe ask lemm.ee admins to enable automatic email verification, but then they would need to fight the unavoidable spam bots registration waves
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Email verification isn’t the issue. Every platform uses that. I’m saying the above is simpler than joining the fediverse and “getting around.”
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It would help to change the nomenclature. Joining a Facebook “group” makes sense to anybody. Change insider jargon like “instance” to seeker-friendly verbiage like “village.”
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I like that, or something like that. “Server” and “instance” definitely sounds too prickly and technical to a lot of people.