This reddit post likely has tens if not hundreds of thousands of views, look at the top comment.

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

What can we do?

  • AnonomousWolf@lemm.eeOP
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    6 hours ago

    Having a barrier to entry just filters out non tech savvy people, and creates a bubble.

    We want all kinds of people on Lemmy, not just tech savvy people.

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      4 hours ago

      It also keeps people that join active for longer if there is a wider variety of content which comes from there being more members.

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      5 hours ago

      Do we? I was never asked.

      The community as it is right now, feels like the early days of Reddit and Slashdot. I really don’t mind that slight speed bump.

      • AnonomousWolf@lemm.eeOP
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        4 hours ago

        To my knowledge we don’t want to filter out non tech savvy people. If that’s what we want then cool, leave it as is.

        But I don’t think that’s true, especially not for all instances.