I barely use reddit anymore save for porn and niche subs but after that glorious app I had used for ages finally died a few days ago I felt devastated. it was like losing an old friend. I hope reddit dies an even slower and more painful death
I barely use reddit anymore save for porn and niche subs but after that glorious app I had used for ages finally died a few days ago I felt devastated. it was like losing an old friend. I hope reddit dies an even slower and more painful death
Fediverse New User Orientation
Reddit Migration
Here from reddit? Find your new home.
Fediverse
The “network” of instances that uses ActivityPub
Lemmy
The Reddit-like federated forum app that runs on ActivityPub within the Fediverse
Instance Lists
Lists of Instances
Communities
Communities for getting started in the fediverse
For instance Admins
Tools and info for admins and admins-to-be
For Devs
Building or contributing?
The Fediverse Could be Awesome (If We Don’t Screw it Up)
I’m sure this “welcome kit” is meant as a helpful thing but I have to wonder if it is exactly the problem that prevents Lemmy from being adopted.
When someone joins Reddit, they don’t need to read a literal plethora of guides on how to use Reddit. It’s obvious.
What looks like a helpful thing to do is instead going to intimidate and confuse new people.
So ultimately the question is: why isn’t Lemmy obvious to use, and how do we make it so?
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Exactly… I’ve tried to convince one of my friends to use reddit instead of 9gag (yes) and she found it too difficult.
Reddit wasn’t easy to understand either when I joined 13 years ago. I guess discovery is part of the fun.
Thing it though, you don’t really need to read any of it.
The experience is pretty similar for the end user. However the guide is very useful if you want to get to the back end stuff.
With time. Reddit is 18 years old I heard. Lemmy few months old
Lemmy is like 3 years old. But yes, it’s only really gotten attention for a few weeks and development has ramped up considerably in that time.
you don’t read sidebars do you?
Reddit wasn’t easy to understand either when I joined 13 years ago. I guess discovery is part of the fun.
When someone joins reddit it isnt obvious what to do. A lot of people come from more common linear communication systems like bbs and etc and the whole reddit comment chain can be confusing to follow. It also is extremely confusing about joining communities and what that does to your feed. The thing is reddit has been around for a lot of years and those of us who have used it have forgotten how confusing it was in the beginning.
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I have the most extensive list of Lemmy apps, you can include it in your welcome kit: https://lemmy.world/post/465785
Too much, keep it simple, stupid!
https://static.xtremeownage.com/blog/2023/join-the-fediverse/