Just noticed that unlike mastodons join page, lemmy doesn't have a "join" or "create an account" button. It'd be nice to have one, it would be more straightforward to join.
Or perhaps there is a reason why it doesn't exist?
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2024
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Lemmy has a huge onboarding problem. Instead of trying to make users learn about instances they should be able to join a default instance directly.
which default instance?
Preferable a smaller rotating "general' instance such as zip or sdf to prevent the clustering around large instances.
A major issue is accounts are bound to instances. It would be amazing if there was a way to migrate accounts from one instance to another if a user so desires later on.
Another major issue is there are no real instances where the admins are not actively trying to enforce a certain political point of view from the top down which means there are no "real general instances".
It should choose a general instance, based on region and if not possible to pinpoint by IP, it should be a curated list of instances of which it just chooses one by random.
Yeah, this is one of the main problems impeding lemmy's growth. Normies don't care about "instances."
Maybe there needs to be some rough IP geolocating to just pick one for them and redirect.