You look a bit skinny, son.
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I'm not a programmer so I can't speak to how hard this is, but I think it would be a big asset to building user base if there was a neutral sign up website that wasn't a specific instance. It would basically choose an instance for you automatically and skip that part. I figure there could be some list of general purpose instances compiled that are all fair game and the site would try to spread the load across instances.
Average user doesn't care about federation, and all of that complexity is a big turn off. I know because I almost didn't sign up myself because of that. Having to pick a team just to get in the door feels kinda bad.
I was in the same boat as you regarding signing up. I also agree with you that the concept of federation might be confusing for new users. Just gave up at the promt to explore other instances (in lemmy.world sign up) and signed up to lemmy.world.
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Yep. I agree with this. Re-creating Reddit at the same scale just brings all the same problems. I like that federation means smaller more localised communities that can be connected (or not). I get that it’s not what everyone wants or is used to, and that’s okay.
The rules of the game are different so Lemmy wouldn’t be like Reddit even with the same scale.
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Yeah that's a good point. Maybe it's too different for it to work. I maintain that complexity will continue to push people away, though. If instances are that different we might have better luck referring to them as their own sites. That would just increase the flocking to single mega instances though. The most important feature of any social media site is who's on it.
It's okay if they join one instance. I'm not a fan of the LW dominance, but it's better to have another LW user than no user at all
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Ah yes. The common solution to everything. Make my own little universe where everyone and everything is perfect and everyone agrees with me.
I keep things unblocked for a reason.
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Yes? I see nothing wrong in those posts. Are you gonna ban me for calling you out too?
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I never post, and I don't comment much but I did get banned once cause I downvoted a moderator's comment
That moderator left the platform since then
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I mean with how many instances have launched a piefed server the last few months and with how small Lemmy is in the first place even a thousand or so users switching would explain some of that slight downward slope at the end.
There are 43 Piefed instances.
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Clicks "All", "Top Six Hours"
- Sees impersonal biased news sources reporting how bad the world is
- Every post repetition of the one above it
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Clicks "Comments"
- Scrolls for a while
- Finds one person talking about how good their day is or one topic they're passionate about
People attack me constantly on Lemmy if I suggest to look at the positive a little more.
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It's okay if they join one instance. I'm not a fan of the LW dominance, but it's better to have another LW user than no user at all
I would agree with that. I think the ability to spin up new instances if something goes wrong with a big one is still a great feature even if one gains dominance.
I don't know how hard account migration is right now, but that's probably another UX thing to make easy if the devs decide to work on it.
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I was in the same boat as you regarding signing up. I also agree with you that the concept of federation might be confusing for new users. Just gave up at the promt to explore other instances (in lemmy.world sign up) and signed up to lemmy.world.
I ended up where I did because I wanted the closest thing to no instance possible, and the great folks running this one try to do just that. It's fediverse Switzerland lol
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Based on what I've seen, much of this could be from instances with redundant accounts shutting down.
In other words, a lot of folks can't sustain the burden of hosting an instance long term. That's fine, and expected.
Especially since drama is more personal with the volunteering and donating.
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Be the change you want to see. This is your time to shine.
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People attack me constantly on Lemmy if I suggest to look at the positive a little more.
THE BEATINGS SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
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Rare user from feddit.it
feels like there was a missed opportunity there
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People have started using Piefed insted of Lemmy, but I'm not sure we should throw away hope for the fediverse because of that.
Piefed is part of the Fediverse so surely it's still a good thing overall?
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Quality over quantity.
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It feels like that.. the timeline reflects the vibe
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That moderator left the platform since then
Ah yeah your name is familiar - i think i saw a postmortem post you made about it. Small fediverse
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This doesn't seem to be hoping for unlimited growth but rather that is has stagnated and is even falling. That can kill a community especially when it is as small as it is
I agree except it feels like people are way more active here than on reddit, me personally I never commented but I comment all the time on here. Lemmy feels really active even without a ton of users (especially discussion threads)
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[Pretending Fedidb/Fediobserver data or account #s accurately represents valuable conversations between real people when I just blocked 6 accounts by the same guy in the last 15 minutes for fun voice] Considering everyone is making a constant attempt to drive others away and be a pedantic freak, should this surprise anyone? The people who came here because they want more reddit, or to be admins of a subreddit, are not very good people, folks, they're not sending their best
