or another way to ask it, what made fedi easier for you to adopt? I don’t think the answer is better ways of explaining how federation exactly works, because no matter how good of an analogy you can make, most users don’t care and just want to know how to get started

EDIT: I guess I’ll go first, for something like Mastodon I think encouraging people to use a client like pinafore.social or Tusky instead of going directly to the website of the instance would help stop people from confusing themselves by getting redirected between instances. Same for Lemmy as better clients start to pop up

    • thedeserter@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I completely agree with the idea. I was initially intimidated about the sign up process a week ago. Left it and came back only because I’m determined not to use Reddit anymore. Also helps that I’m using mlem. It’s not the best but gets the job done. There’s improvements to be made, but if these suggestions are looked upon and implemented, it can really help.

      Also I think having a popular person making a YouTube video on the sign up process might not be a bad idea. Visual guides are better than written ones for common users

    • thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yeah a good Lemmy client app would probably help users migrate easier. I tried the only one on the android play store (Jebril) but it crashes immediately when I log in

  • Nugget_in_biscuit@lemmy.ml
    9·
    2 years ago

    The number one rule of getting people to change their behavior is to reduce friction. Someone needs to make a client that can mask a lot of the federation behind the scenes so that non-tech folks can just hop on and start browsing

  • Kissaki@feddit.de
    7·
    2 years ago

    Guidance over complexity and choice

    Better UI and UX - visual guidance, separation, clarity

    Making links not redirect to other instances you’re not logged in to

  • Björn Tantau@feddit.de
    6·
    2 years ago

    Honestly, I think the Reddit blackout already is pretty good. If the closed subs already had an alternative community or instance to recommend that would also be great.

    Synergy with Mastodon would be nice. As far as I know Lemmy and Mastodon aren’t completely linked but also not completely separate. Would be awesome if I could now also just follow people or hashtags there.

    But all in all I think the current direction is great. The relevant projects seem to be getting a large influx of bug reports, feature requests and pull requests. We’ll probably be seeing huge changes in the coming months.

    • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
      6·
      2 years ago

      One feature I’d really like is being able to click that link without being “logged out” as that link takes me to lemmy.world and my account is on lemmy.ca

      I think little things like that turn away new users who get annoyed by all the “glitches” so to speak.

      • thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
        2·
        2 years ago

        Clicking a link should first check if the link is to another lemmy instance, and if it is it should attempt to open that post while remaining in this instance.

        I think if you use Lemmy (and mastodon and other fedi platforms) through a client you can avoid this issue. I use Tusky and Pinafore for mastodon, but haven’t found a good one yet for lemmy

  • computerfan0@beehaw.org
    3·
    2 years ago

    Yes, this is my first time. I was never really a fan of Twitter or similar social medias, preferring the subreddit and thread based nature of Reddit.

  • subito@beehaw.org
    3·
    2 years ago

    I’d fix inconsistencies between instances. Like, I made this account in Beehaw and now I literally can’t create a community anywhere until I make a new account. It shouldn’t be like this.

  • Open World@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    I definitely like the people and interactions here way more than on Reddit. However, there are clearly a lot of technical challenges to solve with server management and the general UI experience. I often get confused on how things work, especially with regards to federation.

    Hopefully, these issues get ironed out over the next few months or years and I can safely call Lemmy a great Reddit replacement.

  • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    2 years ago

    Explain to people how it works! The most difficult barrier for adopting the Fediverse is a lack of basic understanding.

  • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 years ago

    It took me trying five different sites to join. Two asked for an essay, and neither have responded a day later. This is not tenable.

    I’m a dev, and from the statistics I’ve gathered form abandonment is the largest factor towards failure to take an action. Having a form fail, having to “apply”, or having a failure message makes people leave. We have to fix this problem to allow for better adoption.

    There needs to be some sort of central system to join. A site whose sole existence is to house an app with four inputs, and a button. Username, password, confirm password, email, and sign up. After this it should take a list of sites that volunteer to take users, and randomly place them into one. If it fails, or takes too long, it should try another. It should then inform them of the site, email them, and finally redirect them to the site logged in.

    This would be difficult to implement as it requires these sites to allow third party sign ups but this would solve the form abandonment problem. Allowing this would also allow for apps to do the same.