Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
As a new user, I can tell you what some of the big issues are. First, ease of use. Lemmy is not as user friendly or intuitive as something like reddit. Second, lemmy is a dumb name. It’s a stupid point, but shit like that counts.
pseudo@jlai.lu 6 months ago
Have you consider another instance? Instances with a more memorable or meaningful name makes Lemmy name not look so important. There is for example many national “feddit” instance whose name is “un pied-de-nez” to Reddit. jlai.lu is a french speaking instance name in the tradition of forceful translation that was born withing french subreddits and so one.
Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Having to decide between instances is a huge turn off for would be new users. It’s a weird concept and it even took me a while to understand it, and I’m pretty tech savvy. Lemmy will never take off like reddit until it’s more centralized.
pseudo@jlai.lu 6 months ago
Maybe I’m not the typical user but that is something that got me into Lemmy. I started to use Lemmy without an account, reading and discovering new communities and specialized instances until I’ve got my favorite instances. Then I’ve found my current instance, fell in love with it and finally decided to join the fediverse.
dallo@lemmy.kiois.net 6 months ago
Well you started using an email provider without understanding the concept of federation. Heck you even started browsing the web through http without understanding the concept either.
Greyfoxsolid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
When I first got email, it was issued by my service provider. Easy. When I got my next email many years later, through Gmail, the sign up process was easy to understand and intuitive.