Comment on Please don't repeat the same mistake as Linux

elekitty@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Die4Ever@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  maybe the better way is to tell the person where to signup, not ask them which instance they want to join, you choose for them

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  • DmMacniel@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You mean like join-lemmy.org? Also taking away the option to choose / choosing for them is a very dangerous idea.

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    • Aux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It shouldn’t be a s dangerous idea. It doesn’t matter what email service you’re signed for - you can still communicate with any one in the world. It should be the same for Lemmy. Lemmy UI should be improved to better search and present communities from all over the Fediverse. And join-lemmy should have a random link to a single registration page on a random instance. That will not only make the process better for end users, but will also manage the load between instances, making the whole network more resilient.

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      • DmMacniel@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        A link to a random instance would be counter productive, since most have a specific focus and some even prefer certain languages. The onboarding process of peertube could be a great way for lemmy I think.

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    • Die4Ever@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t mean a website, I mean a friend. When I tell my friend to join Lemmy I should just link them direct to an instance for them to join

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• mathlad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Of course I don’t want Thread. I’m just saying the user is being bombarded with information at the first step, which is bad product design.

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  • elekitty@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t disagree that the Fediverse has an image problem; the sign-up stage could be killing legitimate interest from the average user - I found the instances confusing too when starting out on Mastodon and Lemmy.

    But obviously I don’t think anybody wants a Threads-type solution.

    Maybe, to add on to what u/Die4Ever said about pointing users to an instance, the solution could be to have some sort of sign-up page that isn’t tied to an instance. Using a bunch of user-selected inputs (e.g. location, interests, etc.), it selects the best matching instance and the account is created on that instance. This could relieve the confusion at sign-up.

    IDK just spitballing.

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