I found a super simple way to refer people to Lemmy.
One simple message:
Try out the Reddit alternative called Lemmy https://vger.app/
It also has a mobile app: https://vger.app/settings/install
This way a user can just click, start seeing content and what Lemmy is about, and if they want to comment etc. they will be asked to create an account with lemm.ee selected as a default.
This should fix most of the onboarding UX issues, and eliminate the decision fatigue of trying to figure out which instance is best.
Close, but it would be exclusively for picking an instance and’d have more questions, to more specifically narrow down a good instance for them.
Well, what can you even ask other than what join-lemmy.org already asks?
Honestly it doesn’t recommend many good things from what i’ve seen. I think it’d work to add more topics (countries too) and maybe adding a small question like server size. Also improve the actual selection, because uh…
You can change the instance topics in this file, pull requests welcome!
https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/components/instances-definitions.ts#L103
Thanks! I may do so.
I mean, we all know how the lemmy devs are. So yeah, not surprised. We might need an alternative after all.