Pretty depressing thread tbh, still the same old misconceptions and that sentiment that anything they have to do is a huge roadblock and means Lemmy is doomed to failure, like picking a server is such a huuuuge hurdle..
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On the other hand, there's a strong survivor bias as people genuinely interested in moving are probably already here and left Reddit.
The people still on /r/RedditAlternatives now do probably all have an issue with Lemmy at this point.
That’s why the work you and a couple other lemmings do is so important.
It is some kind of hurdle, and on Mastodon is WAY worse. I just chose mine because it was promoted in a subreddit related to my country.
"Just keep on Lemmy. It feels like Reddit did 14 years ago."
For better or worse this really nails it. I also think it's a good reminder that when Reddit conquered Digg it happened over a six month period because there was like 100k users maybe total. There are so many more people involved with Reddit these days it's going to take literal years before Lemmy is anywhere near the same level in terms of MAU.
Doing a very good job as usual @TORFdot0@lemmy.world, @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works and @Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com
They think every little thing is some overcomplex hurdle lol, whats the education level of ppl on reddit looking like these days, like you cant remember a website, seeing ppls instances next to their usernames is too confusing? They never used email before? It took me a milisecond to memorize 3dmvr@lemm.ee, and my lemmy.world, lemmy.dbzer0.com (hardest to rememeber dont reccomend) and sh.itjust.works, fedia, piefed, and kbin also I think
I really think it’s easiest for new signups to recognize instances with names in the form
lemmy.
So like, lemmy.world, lemmy.zip, lemmy.cafe, lemmy.today, etc etc. lemmy.world is great but it’s already so large, we should distribute some of that load. And some of the other ones are so small I’m not sure if they will survive, then the new signup will be even more upset when their instance disappears, or isn’t properly maintained. Plus some people might have a country preference.
Exact reason I chose lemm.ee, it’s the easiest one to remember.
I know right? I was reading like wtf are these responses, some of these are really weird to nitpick about. Couldn’t think of anything nice to say, so I just voted and left it to the nice folks trying to be helpful.
I do remember only going to one site for everything, easy to get stuck that way, took reddit banning me for me to remember forums exist, they aren't completely dead, especially for specific software, a lot of interesting shit out there and the ppl actually know what they're talking about, all the ppl who dont stick to reddit as their singular site
They think every little thing is some overcomplex hurdle lol
okay man sure that's 100% the case.
I was quoting a comment from that thread saying "overcomplex hurdle" I think idr
I popped in there to encourage some having trouble. One seemed pretty grumpy about not remembering an old account as a roadblock for some reason, but hopefully someday they head over here regardless.
grumpy
Yes, that one was a bit surprising. Let's hope indeed!
There's potential in this meme 😄