12h ago

Well i tried.

The comments point out some good ideas on improving the experience of lemmy for new users but I got so many comments that just didnt even want to give try it. I made an effort though. Ill keep trying to pull em in.

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"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink."

lol this fuckin guy
- Oh there are so many more and worse comments lol. People cant be bothered to read these days or seek out information. If you dont feed them everything the need to know in 6 setences or less than its too confusing and unusable. Took me 30 minutes to figure out and get started.. Still learning the nitty gritty info.
  And now im researching how to host an instance through third-party hosting services. But these people cant be bothered to even try it... 😆
  
  Not everyone adopts to change the same way. A slow migration to lemm.ee is what is needed.
  If the focus is on making these communities strong, and Reddit continues to shut down dissent, the people will come.
  
  Tbh, it makes an amusing amount of sense, considering the data cutoff for a lot of LLMs

Can you link these as you see fit, maybe instead of the infographic? They respond to some of the common 'criticisms'
Detailed overview: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview
Alternative UIs: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/alternative-uis
Mobile Apps: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/mobile-apps
Communities: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/how-to-find-communities
Also I don't think recommending one instance is the way to go, even if it gets people to join. Causing centralization harms us in the long run.
https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users
Here is how we approached it
- I also deleted my advice on creating accounts on specific instances. Apologies i just got lemmy this week. You make a good point about protection the decentralized federation.
  
  No worries! Thank you for including all that, and for taking the time to talk to people.
  I find it silly how, in the same thread,
  some users say that picking a server will be too complicated
  while others recommend custom patching a third party app APK with the latest workarounds in order to keep using Reddit, and repeating that process every time an update breaks them
  You've likely helped a lot of people, don't worry about the silly ones :)
- Thank you! I added your full response as an update to my main post. I hope thats okay! Its too much to keep up with all the comments. Theres already 300+. Figured better to catch new viewers of the post with better info.
  Update**
  User otter@lemmy.ca from the Lemmy community recommended i update my post and add the following links below to assist new users.
  From otter@lemmy.ca:
  Can you link these as you see fit, maybe instead of the infographic? They respond to some of the common 'criticisms'
  Detailed overview: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/detailed-overview
  Alternative UIs: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/alternative-uis
  Mobile Apps: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/mobile-apps
  Communities: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/how-to-find-communities
  Also I don't think recommending one instance is the way to go, even if it gets people to join. Causing centralization harms us in the long run.
  https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users
  Here is how we approached it

I'd suggest linking to some third party apps, like https://alexandrite.app/ or https://phtn.app/. They'll resolve some issues a few users have with the UI and search.
- Thank you. I will. I was showcasing boost through out the thread. Posting videos of me navigating through the UI. honestly it took me only 30 minutes to figure out how this works, why its great, and how to setup the app. Some people will fight tooth and nail against change and yet continue complaining about the problems over there.
  
  To be fair. Majority of users were also excited/supportive. Many never heard of it so i hope it gains traction. Its definitely a huge improvement compared to a few years ago. Im really excited about the open source / federation potential. Get corporate out of our feeds.

To be honest, your username alone puts me off from wanting to read anything by you. I don't know what your actual posting history is like.
- It used to be a gamertag from cs1.6. its just been apart of my online identity. I've seen much worse names. hasnt really hindered my votes
  
  or theirs
  
  You can always revise your identity

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