• Smokeydonuts@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think the larger issue is people won’t take three minutes to read some basic instructions and background. They want to be spoon feed info and told what buttons to click.

    • Will_Not_Grow_Up@lemmy.worldB
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      1 year ago

      To be fair, if it were spoon fed to people, it would be more popular. The best thing for federation is if it were much easier to get into for the average person.

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      1 year ago

      True, and I spent almost a month holding the spoon, but now with Sync dead I’m hoping the rest can feed themselves.

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      1 year ago

      Is there a good guide that summarizes everything? The docs make sense to me, but I also understand the technical parts of Lemmy too (I’m a backend dev). I think something that introduced Lemmy (and the Fediverse in general) that had visualizations.and everything would go a long way for some people. Maybe a short video or something too.

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      1 year ago

      That’s true and it’s growing fast enough that it doesn’t need any help in that department, but increasing ease of use and lowering the barrier to entry are major factors in software design. Hopefully, the 3rd party app devs that no longer have Reddit apps to maintain make the switch easier in the future.