This reddit post likely has tens if not hundreds of thousands of views, look at the top comment.

Lemmy is losing so many potential new users because the UX sucks for the vast majority of people.

What can we do?

  • secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    4 hours ago

    New users get overwhelmed with decision fatigue, especially when they have average intelligence.

    When selecting a federation, new users should be told:

    “Because Lemmy isn’t run by a large corporation, lots of small volunteers run Lemmy and run different copies of Lemmy at the same time. These different copies are called instances. You can choose 1 or just click the large red button and we’ll randomly select one of the most popular instances for you. If you aren’t sure what to choose, just press the button!”

    • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      “…especially when they have average intelligence.”

      People with average experience struggle with the new paradigm. Nothing to do with intelligence and that kind of elitism is the reason I first bailed on lemmy.ml. I would have thought that someone with average intelligence would recognise how many of the worlds problems today stem from people punching down.