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Lemmy is losing so many potential new users because the UX sucks for the vast majority of people.

What can we do?

  • .Donuts@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    If that was a legitimate issue, MMO’s (which also often have servers the player needs to choose) wouldn’t have the userbase they do. Nor would Email have taken off.

    But in an MMO, you still get the same content no matter what server you choose. Over here, it directly impacts what content you can interact with based on (de)federation.

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        7 days ago

        Yes, and if you join a German-speaking instance as a non-German speaking user, the experience will also be subpar. Hence I talked about content, not language.

        • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          I just remembered that WoW nowadays offers a lot of different experiences: Classic, Seasons of Mastery, Retail, etc.

          And people get different experiences based on the server they pick.

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      7 days ago

      I’m on three different instances and the sort by All-hot feed is nearly identical.

      I’m not on Beehaw or Hexbear, but those instances make it pretty well known they block a lot of other instances.

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        Some instances have very different rules on them that would affect your experience. Like not allowing downvotes, for example. Blahaj users can’t see downvotes or downvote anything themselves.

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          7 days ago

          Yeah, true. But that’s cool. Having choice like that is great!

          But I suppose that’s the issue. Trying to keep signup simple to help drive user engagement. How much do you try to wrap someone’s head around such nuanced differences, and when do you say “just join me on my instance”?

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      7 days ago

      PvP v. PvE seems like it would make s difference, probably? :-P

      But yeah I get you: the list of varied options is too large, and worse yet opaque.

      Fwiw Blaze most often just recommends 2-3 options to current Redditors, to KISS (Keep It SimpleS:-).