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Defaults are crucial for good UX and getting more users on the Fediverse (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee to c/fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/55334864

Small things like 'Auto expand media' being set to true, can have a huge impact on user retention rate.

The vast majority of people never open or change default settings in the social media they use.

When they try out Lemmy etc., and the defaults aren’t great a lot of them will have a bad User Experience and leave.

I’m a IT professional, and joined Lemmy a few months ago, the UX sucked, most of that could have been fixed by having good defaults in place.

I powered through, but I won’t recommend Lemmy to many of my friends or family because I know they will give up due to too much friction in finding the right settings and how things work.

For the Fediverse to succeed focus needs to be put on giving people a very smooth UX from first opening a app or page, to finding enjoyment seeing and engaging with content.

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One should ask themselves: "Do I want to meet more users who never change default settings in my social media?" However you answer this question should determine how you make your app.

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

You're eliminating like 90% of the population if you do that. And creating a bubble of tech savy people.

Which is fine if that's what you're trying to do, but I don't think that's the goal.