UX problem with Join-Lemmy.org
“We need a better site to link to than join-lemmy.org. It should concisely pitch lemmy to everyday users and suggest an instance for them to sign up at. Don’t get into the weeds about federation or choosing instances or selecting apps. Just select a sane default and point people to it. Rotate defaults to avoid overloading a given instance or making it too powerful.”
@reiver @fediverseux @makeasnek heh, that caused a heck of a lot of controversy when Mastodon did similar for their official mobile apps…
@thisismissem @fediverseux @makeasnek
I think there would have been less controversy if the official Mastodon app would had sent the user to a random general Mastodon server with open sign-ups, rather than only to mastodon.social .
(I asked some of the people who were upset over it if they would still be upset under the alternative scenario I just described — at least the ones I talked to said “no”.)
@reiver @fediverseux @makeasnek right but you can’t guarantee safety & user experience on instances you don’t control.
