cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/55413416
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?
The fact these people think asking to which server you want to join is a hurdle says a lot
I wonder if they've had the same issue choosing their email provider
Or joining a MMO game server lol.
Lemmy users tend to forget linking to instances. It's usually much easier for someone to join if they know where to go
The one I use is: "Lemmy has 47k monthly active users
Feel free if you have any questions"
I thought it was a hurdle, but I'm here.
I left the first time though because I couldn't decide, even though I knew of and believed in the benefits of decentralization.
Even now I sometimes think the instance I joined was a mistake and have anxiety about choosing a new one and also about moving to it.