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Looking for a Reddit alternative? Lemmy tell you, they currently kinda suck
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this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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I feel like Lemmy needs to make the signup process easier. I shouldn't need to hunt down an open community to register under. At least give people an option to default to a community like @lemm.ee (which sounds like it never closes registration) otherwise the site could lose people due to mere confusion. Example: I tried registering under the Linux portion of lemmy.ml, but was told I couldn't because registration was closed. Had I not gone to Lemm.ee and tried, I would've simply moved on with the thought of "too confusing".
I'm open to the idea that I'm way off base with how Lemmy works, though I think that kind of frames the issue I'm getting at - familiarity & ease of understanding.
I just joined - I understood the process from checking out Mastadon when the wave hit Twitter a while back, but it was confusing for me then, so I agree. What frustrated me off the bat here was that I created my account, verified my email, and just couldn’t log in. The page just wouldn’t even react. If I wasn’t so stubborn, I would have abandoned this for sure, so if that’s happening to anyone else, would be a problem.
Do we really want the people who can't figure out how to sign up? I know some of the explanations of federation are bad, but it doesn't take more than three minutes of reading to get a grasp on what it is.
yes, actually. we want all flavours of people, including those who aren't technically minded. artists, musicians, etc. plus; if it's hard to join, you might put off those who, once they understand the site, actually end up contributing to its development. nobody is going to put in pull requests for a service they don't use, and if there are objectively worse but easier to start using alternatives out there, they'll use them instead
technological knowledge is no indicator of moral standing, you know
I'd argue signing up for a website isn't technically challenging in 2023. And I wasn't implying it had anything to do with morals. Someone turned off by the thought of having to learn to use a platform isn't likely to bring anything valuable to the table.