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?

  • spicehoarder@lemm.eeEnglish
    143·
    3 hours ago

    Which server do you want to use is like asking “Do you want Gmail, Outlook or Yahoo for email?” it really isn’t that big of a deal, but maybe people these days have a hard time doing that too…

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      3 hours ago

      People always use the email comparison but it’s really not the same, it’s more complicated than that. We know it’s not too much of a big deal but it is when you don’t know what it means to be on a server.

      I remember being presented with a choice of servers myself and wondering what on earth it meant, and just wanting to join the “default” one. Ultimately it doesn’t matter too much but at the time it feels like a big hurdle.

      • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        They don’t really need to know about that until they have had time on Lemmy to hear about what those defederated instances actually do