I think better UI by default would be much more important. Right now the biggest issue is probably that people look at lemmy and find it intimidating due to its messy UI.
If Lemmy code is written by people who love to code, Lemmy marketing can be made by people who like to market
Submitted 1 year ago by speaker_hat@lemmy.one to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Pechente@feddit.de 1 year ago
zephyr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Intimidating? I think it’s simple enough and got used to it quickly after I switched to Reddit.
old.lemmy.world is an awesome recently-pushed feature btw
azayrahmad@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The nostalgia of early Reddit…
Now I’m intrigued to make account in lemmy.world.
speaker_hat@lemmy.one 1 year ago
I also agree, accessibility is a key for new users
AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world 1 year ago
[deleted]speaker_hat@lemmy.one 1 year ago
That is quite small but great feature for this purpose
iByteABit@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I know there are well meaning marketing people out there, but marketing departments, managers, investors, HR crap, and the rest of the corporate parade are exactly what most open source devs want to avoid by working in OSS projects
Fer24@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Stop it, get some help
gon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The issue with large scale marketing is that it can be rather expensive.
Anyone can learn to code and contribute to Lemmy’s codebase, just like anyone can learn marketing. The difference is that it’s not so easy to, say, buy ad-space, get deals with content creators, etc.
Lemmy’s design, however, can be done by web designers, and it is done by web designers/designers, in part at least. For example, Lemmy.world’s icon was made by a regular user. That’s part of marketing I think (?).
RespectMyAuthoriteh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just looking at the current number of lemmy.world subscribers (115k) , lemmy is very, very far from where it needs to be for long term success as a real alternative to other social media sites. There are literally hundreds of subreddits on Reddit that have more subscribers than all of lemmy.world, which is the largest instance. So far the only place I’ve ever seen lemmy mentioned is on Reddit, and even then only in certain subs like r/CenturyClub, which isn’t even public. I think the key to getting new suscribers is for people on twitter, instagram and facebook to start mentioning lemmy on a regular basis and using clickable lemmy links in their posts.
Cubes@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have been doing this where appropriate, but always run up against people telling me it’s too complicated and it’ll never work because nobody can understand it. I think usability for the less technically minded people is huge and should be a priority before any widespread adoption will be able to take place.
const_void@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Have you met marketing?
Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
People from Reddit migraiting over here right now must think “Wow, maybe I’ll stay on Reddit if this is the quality of content here”
sarsaparilyptus@discuss.online 1 year ago
Marketers should be rounded up and then loaded onto a rocket to the sun
jerrimu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I love marketing.
remotelove@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Marketing can be done by anyone. :) All it takes is a little passion and excitement when telling someone else about something you enjoy.
Professional marketers can bring lots of skills to the table but nothing beats a good old fashioned testimonial.
fidodo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Distribution is a skill though. Testimonials are great but they’re limited by how many people see it.
zephyr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes. I don’t think Reddit needed marketing in its early days. It was mostly spread by people with their content.
That’s why I say the best way to promote Lemmy is just to post links of interesting content.