When I was recruiting people during r/place and the protests, I found most of the issue being proper user guides to get people to sign up. Lemmy may be pretty confusing, especially to non-techies.
I still don’t really get what people find so difficult about picking an instance. Most people seem to manage getting an email account, which requires picking an email provider like Gmail, Outlook, etc. Joining Lemmy isn’t that much different.
Like I do want everyone to be able to use the internet, but I do want a space that requires some minimum level of technical competency. It’s a very easy filter to find people more like myself.
I agree. Let the people who want to use their phones to access twitter / instagram whatever. I don’t want this place opening up and exploding into popularity, that’s when shit is going to go downhill fast.
One thing I had an issue with when I migrated was actually understanding the differences between instances. A few aren’t obvious as to their purpose. If you randomly pick the wrong one to look at first, you may get a negative impression of the fediverse because of it.
When I was recruiting people during r/place and the protests, I found most of the issue being proper user guides to get people to sign up. Lemmy may be pretty confusing, especially to non-techies.
I still don’t really get what people find so difficult about picking an instance. Most people seem to manage getting an email account, which requires picking an email provider like Gmail, Outlook, etc. Joining Lemmy isn’t that much different.
I’d hazard a guess and suggest the word “instance” confuses most and puts them off.
Good. It should be difficult. Means it keeps out the smartphone influencer types. Make this place too accessible, it’ll be ruined. Guaranteed.
Like I do want everyone to be able to use the internet, but I do want a space that requires some minimum level of technical competency. It’s a very easy filter to find people more like myself.
I agree. Let the people who want to use their phones to access twitter / instagram whatever. I don’t want this place opening up and exploding into popularity, that’s when shit is going to go downhill fast.
I feel all you guys, but, if it ever reaches the stage where it’s mainstream, we could all move to a more techie instance amongst ourselves.
One thing I had an issue with when I migrated was actually understanding the differences between instances. A few aren’t obvious as to their purpose. If you randomly pick the wrong one to look at first, you may get a negative impression of the fediverse because of it.
What was your negative experience?