Could there be an option for a sorting hat that could either: look at the redditor's post history and determine a good server for them or simply spin the wheel. Either way would get the lazies shit posting without them having to learn anything about fediverse. I know I would have just spun the wheel.

[–] UrukGuy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've suggested something similar before and got shur down. Just sort people into a Lemmy server either based off their interests or location

"Nationality France = Lemmy France Server"

"What are your interests? Gaming = Gaming Lemmy server"

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shut down as in someone shut down the website or people telling you that the idea is trash?

[–] UrukGuy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Shut down as in 'that's a terrible idea for the fediverse'

If it was public & randomly sorted to the fediverse Lemmy servers, I don't see how it would be an issue

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you know why? It sounds to me like a great addition to the fediverse.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

@JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml commented above with a good experience of why it's a crappy idea (I was thinking a randomzier would be good too.

I just clicked the first option it showed, which (for me) was a non-English instance. The second option was that LGBT-focused instance that defederated with lemmy.world a few months ago. Of course I didn’t know anything about either community so I just picked randomly.

I could see that happening a lot. I've messed with other randomizing systems and sometimes you forget how many niche or non matching picks can pop up when you really look at it. Even a 10% match with language barriers wouldn't be good for a reliable system of placement.

I also don't like the "what harry potter house" do you belong to quiz stuff or anything that asks to crawl or input your data (no thank you). Definitely more complicated than I thought.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Oh, yeah, I can see why uniform randomness would be a problem. I thought the criticism was directed at "Just sort people into a Lemmy server either based off their interests or location"

I was thinking that you do a little questionnaire and it gives you the best matching server.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

simply spin the wheel

That’s how the Lemmy info page (what comes up when you search for “Lemmy”) does it, and the experience isn’t great.

Before I knew how Lemmy worked I just clicked the first option it showed, which (for me) was a non-English instance. The second option was that LGBT-focused instance that defederated with lemmy.world a few months ago. Of course I didn’t know anything about either community so I just picked randomly. I went right back to Reddit until they pulled the next anti-user thing.