People need to realize you can use alternatives
I guess many newcomers just go the easy way
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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I think they should make a video guide to lemmy and link it on the join page.
The documentation explaining how fediverse works is so bad. It's so long and convoluted anyone new just can't be bothered reading it.
I recognize it's easier said than done obviously and I don't have a good solution to propose; but if there was a way to make the app UI more user friendly it might help the understandability of the fediverse and subsequently lower the barrier to entry. Unless someone can figure out how to make it more seemless of an experience, it's gonna be hard to get massive traction
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I tried to make an account on lemmy.ml and it looks like their servers are (understandably) overloaded
I ended up choosing lemmy.world instead
My understanding is I'm not missing out on anything by chosing a less-popular instance. Did I get that right?
yes!
lemmy.world in particular doesn't block any instances
see for comparison:
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Hello from lemmy.ca
Other servers are snappier than lemmy.ml
proudly hailing from NOT lemmy.ml 🤗
True, Federation is a key part in decentralization
We could use alternatives, but Lemmy is the best!
I created my account at sh.itjust.works but I don't fully understand Lemmy yet. Finding communities seems confusing.
+1 for sh.itjust.works no wait for approval and a bit active. I tried to start a community but it didn't work, but then I searched for the communit (audiobooks) and there was one already on lemmy.ml so all good in the end!
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I've had a lemmy.ml account for a little bit but I'm trying out a lemmy.world account as I was put off by some of the things I heard about the original server.
Such as... ?
Something about lemmy.ml admin having odd views posted on their reddit account. Something I read but didn't really look into so take what I said with a grain of salt.
Where can we read about this to help understand this better? Where did you see this?
I wish I can tell you. I read it off this site too so it might be untrue. Worth a look anyway. Sorry!
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If I want to comment on another insurance such as beehaw.org, do I need to create a different account or can I log in with one that I created on lemmy.ml?
No you don't need an additional account. You can follow communities from wherever** you are.
** some instances might be blocked
Tell those instances to stop censoring other instances and it'll be ok.
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