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  • ZappySnap@lemmy.oneEnglish
    41·
    2 years ago

    Realistically, it’s not so much about effort as it is difficulty in finding a replacement. I’m testing out Lemmy at the moment, but it took over 3 days for my first signup to become active, and that sort of delay is really confusing and frustrating for the average person. I think most people trying to come here may just give up.

    • RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      Having to write an explanation for why I wanted to sign up was really discouraging for me. There should be more instances without that requirement.

      • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        there will be. there is a high likelihood of brigading and DOS attack on the most hevily used instances right now. as more instances are stood up and federation deepens, 1 click signup will likely become much more common. I think sh.itjust.works is currently just that simple.

    • BIFF@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      The signup delay is very confusing, I agree. To make matters worse, in some instances there’s no indication that your request even gets through, so the instructions basically say to try again, even if you’ve already lost your username.