this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2025
73 points (98.7% liked)

Fediverse

30287 readers
855 users here now

A community to talk about the Fediverse and all it's related services using ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, KBin, etc).

If you wanted to get help with moderating your own community then head over to !moderators@lemmy.world!

Rules

Learn more at these websites: Join The Fediverse Wiki, Fediverse.info, Wikipedia Page, The Federation Info (Stats), FediDB (Stats), Sub Rehab (Reddit Migration), Search Lemmy

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
ruud@lemmy.world
Xylinna@lemmy.world
MrCenny@lemmy.world
TragicNotCute@lemmy.world
automodbeta@lemmy.world
woelkchen@lemmy.world
73
Easy Onboarding for new Lemmy users (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I found a super simple way to refer people to Lemmy.

One simple message:

Try out the Reddit alternative called Lemmy https://phtn.app/

It also has a mobile app: https://vger.app/settings/install

This way a user can just click, start seeing content and what Lemmy is about, and if they want to comment etc. they will be asked to create an account with lemm.ee selected as a default.

This should fix most of the onboarding UX issues, and eliminate the decision fatigue of trying to figure out which instance is best.

top 15 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Don't recommend Voyager as a desktop client to new users. It just looks like a stretched mobile app, and the UX on desktop is piss poor. Just go with the default Lemmy UI, or Photon.

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Fair I'll rather point to https://phtn.app/

[–] notanapple@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Id say just recommend Photon. It works well on both mobile and desktop. I love voyager but two very different uis is going to confuse new users.

[–] pet1t@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I use Alexandrite on my laptop and really like it

[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 15 points 2 days ago

at that point why even say "the Reddit alternative called Lemmy"

you could say "the Reddit alternative called Voyager"

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I like this a lot. Using lemm.ee isn't mandatory, as you can choose "pick another server" the moment you try to comment. For a moment I was wary that this would just send everyone to 1 instance.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think their should be a list of prechecked instances that are randomly selected

[–] Konstant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No. That will create more confusion. Keep it simple.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I mean it will say ”join [randomly selected preapproved instance here]” its no harder but it helps keep the fediverse decentralised.

[–] Konstant@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I read it wrong. If it's pre-selected should be good.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Basically what https://join-lemmy.org/ does by default

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't preselect, if I choose General and English I'm faced with a list of 18 servers to pick from.

Users will drop off like crazy here due to choice overload - https://lawsofux.com/choice-overload

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Just select the first instance that shows up then.

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

That's bad UX, see the link in my previous comment

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago

That's what I did! My friend still doesn't really use it though... :(