Have you looked at the signup page for your Lemmy instance lately?
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naught101@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Do you think creating a Lemmy account is that much harder then creating a reddit account (or any other website account)?
everett@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
naught101@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just did. The age verification is the only thing that looks slightly confusing, and anyone keen enough would deal with that fine. It’s not a technical skills/knowledge barrier, it’s just reading comprehension.
Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
People ask how to make a Lemmy account all the goddamn time. You’re experiencing is preventing you from understanding how it looks to a new user. Go to any big sm platform and there’ll be so much less clutter on the screen and fewer things to do
Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yes because people from reddit are constantly asking how to do it and what an instance is
Auth@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In my opinon its because there is an approval gap. When create a reddit account you open reddit > enter email and password > you’re dropped into reddit on an unverified account.
For lemmy: you get linked to lemmy (could be any instance) then you press the sign up button and submit an application > then you wait for hours to days for that to be approved and you cant login during that period.
Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah true but the verification is avoidable on certain instances. It’s just hard to explain that different instances have different sign up rules.