I found a super simple way to refer people to Lemmy.
One simple message:
Try out the Reddit alternative called Lemmy https://vger.app/
It also has a mobile app: https://vger.app/settings/install
This way a user can just click, start seeing content and what Lemmy is about, and if they want to comment etc. they will be asked to create an account with lemm.ee selected as a default.
This should fix most of the onboarding UX issues, and eliminate the decision fatigue of trying to figure out which instance is best.
Sadly lemm.ee federates with both lemmygrad and hexbear, which could turn off new users. I think blaze’s criteria works best for absolute beginners (sopuli for EU, discuss.online for US).
I don’t know if it would actually drive people off. Most people can handle their ideas being challenged. I’d be more worried that they might join in…
I am not super into lemmy, but what is wrong with hexbear?
piefed.social is defederated from hexbear so you may not have seen much of them, but a quick summary: They are a toxic instance that brigades and trolls. Pretty much anyone who disagrees with them is a “lib”, they even banned db0 with the reason of him being a liberal, despite him being an anarcho communist.
Most people dislike them, and many popular instances defederate from them.
As someone not defederated from them, it’s not terrible. For the most part, you just see shitposts. Occasionally, you see tankie shit and move on with the day. A load of times, they post and engaging isn’t terrible. It’s like most places on the web, except here you can ban them.
My approach has been to not explicitly ban unless there are active issues. People posting aren’t problematic; there’s a new conservative sub that posts some garbage links, but I’m not going to ban them for having terrible takes from breitbart.
Same, and true; i was trying to look at it from a new users perspective. At least they can be blocked. (kind of; lemmy doesn’t have full instance blocking, but piefed does.)
Crap, good point!
Didn’t mean to be aggressive, just personally trying to prevent the bubble effect that’s gotten us to where we are 🙂
Haha thanks, and don’t worry, you didn’t come off as aggressive 😅
You could use a link like this instead https://vger.app/posts/lemmy.world/local
(The link long “dodgy looking” link could put off some users)
Good idea, thanks.
Sopuli is great!
Absolutely; if i were european i’d probably use it.