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People should start making memes that explain how Lemmy actually works (lemm.ee)
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Since it seems to be a common question for many new users.

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[โ€“] OtakuAltair@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'd of course be able to select instances, I just meant having a random good one selected by default when registering.

By good I mean one that's not too massive, isn't defederating popular instances, and isn't a questionable one that's likely to be defederated itself.

And I don't think they should explain too much, new users are easily scared away.

[โ€“] InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed. The more frictionless it is, the better! Even giving the impression of some complexity will drive people away.