The Name needs changed, you see who shows up when you search Lemmy. The easiest thing to do is switch it to “Lemme” (Sounds like “Let Me”, like just lemme post this) or Lemy.

Good ideas for new names, however, I think this is seen very controversial in the community.

Lemmy needs an app that is just as easy as Reddit to sign up for. It needs to drop on the person’s computer desktop and sign them into a default federation that auto accepts everyone. The initial signup process is confusing to people, with the website listing different federation and having to apply and wait. Some auto accept, people need to be pointed to those.

Some sort of rotation system would be cool that distributes the users across multiple instances. That way no single instance gets too big.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Personally, I would be irritated to be signed up for an instance I didn't choose and may not be what I like, especially if the app hid the fact that I had a choice.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe instead of asking which instance, we could do some sort of categorization and ask in which topics someone is interested and the instance chosen based on that?

I think many people quickly get lost on the term instance and what it means.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You just need to segment the choice. First you choose between just sign me up or advanced choose you instance, then you switch to either the traditional setup or the hold your hand setup depending on that choice.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 3 points 1 week ago

And to which instance(s) would you redirect the user in easy mode?

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

I agree with this. Have like 50 or 20 and have the mod screen be part of the experiment, and once they hit a certain threshold number of users they are removed to help encourage diversity

[–] Wilco@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Oh yes, that is an amazing idea. That or a welcome "pad" style federation that boots you out of it after 30 days. That way people don't "zerg" one federation.