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What will it take to grow open source Lemmy, ActivityPub, ATProtocol, & other platforms/apps/websites? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Atmoro@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Curious what you all thought for what things like Lemmy, Revolt, Mastodon, PeerTube, Bluesky, Flashes, etc would need to be able to grow fast and well to get many users joining up

Because it's high time everyone drops all the way less than ideal platforms/apps/websites/news sources

I'll add on too:

Content creators that are engaging, clear, & entertaining explaining things with great videos showing Fediverse, etc stuff will help in various ways

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[–] vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It all needs to get a lot less complex and confusing. I know the complexity is a byproduct of the defederated nature of the whole thing, but it's also the primary thing limiting growth. The fediverse is never going to grow to anything other than a tiny niche if it isn't immediately understandable to people who have 0 background in tech.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

i think normies could understand federation no problem if they really wanted, just like they did with email.

[–] markinov@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Best way to explain is probably not explain at all in the beginning and let them create an account in a well federated instance. That will not make them confused and learn by using it.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

i think some explanation is a good idea.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fediverse is never going to grow to anything other than a tiny niche if it isn’t immediately understandable to people who have 0 background in tech.

What is Lemmy in one sentence?

Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit, you can visit https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content, and install an app using https://vger.app/settings/install.

https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/

[–] kreynen@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

@Blaze@sopuli.xyz

@Atmoro@lemmy.world @vvilld@lemmy.dbzer0.com

So phtn.app and vger.app are things you've said out loud to another human are they? And how did that go?

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

The linked Reddit thread has a lot of comments showing that it went quite well for a lot of people

[–] Atmoro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Pretty good actually

They appreciated having a real alternative to apps that are turning out way less than ideal

They said they were having trouble learning about different aspects of it but will learn it overtime

My thoughts:

There is probably real power in just letting others be empowered by a better app, & letting them learn the ropes and what it is as they use it

The greatest teacher for anything is knowing the bare essentials, & then doing it no?