Genuine question, since the subreddit r/BuyFromEU is becoming larger and larger, actual migration feels due. Of course, we should use both platforms but right now using Reddit is more valuable and hence this platform is relatively small…
Any ideas?
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Having more server focused on interests that are not technology
Taking for example this community, this should be together with Europe and yurop and ask European etc on a EU focused server, not scattered between generalistic instances that are also hard to navigate because they are a mess
Hand out posters at protests
Make it easier to actually use. Why are there so many options to sign up, what does it all mean, why do so many of those servers need verification, how do I know which ones I need to sign up for? It’s a mess. I have no idea if this comment will even work, does the server matter here?
I had the same thoughts the other day when I registered.
I’m decently tech savvy - run a Linux server at home with virtual machines and docker containers, self-host a website that’s written and updated through the terminal/command line. So not a genius but more inclined than many but I was at a pause when I opened up the site.
The pause was what does an instance mean, is it important later on and all sorts which I needed to figure out before trying to read the instances. Those are two massive barriers back to back when in reality none of it matters.
I guess, you cannot convince per se. When the onboarding experience is easy and the conent is convincing, people will stick around.
I’m not sure about convince but:
- Help people out on Reddit who need a hand signing up - there are quite a few of us on there directing people to the fire exits.
- Make Lemmy awesome - pitch in on [email protected] and/or if you see a need for a community then start it, you can always get help at [email protected].
This is a really good idea. The place to help people sign up is not on Lemmy, but where the users are.
Hopefully in the future the sign up process (and the orientation experience that follows) will improve drastically on Lemmy. But I don’t see it happening soon.
