Reddit just wrapped up its second earnings call as a public company and CEO Steve Huffman hinted at some significant changes that could be coming to the platform.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 month ago

    I tried to explain the concept of Lemmy and most said this whole concept of federation sounds too complicated for some social media site they use on the toilet or when going to bed…

    So I think accesibility ia the biggest problem, even though Lemmy isn’t actually that hard to use, it just sounds hard to use. I think many more people join in if they wouldn’t have to pick an instance

    • @[email protected]
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      51 month ago

      I guess with the average person just send them to LemmyWorld describing it like reddit and then let them figure out the rest. Instances may sound scary at first until they’re not.

      • threelonmusketeers
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        31 month ago

        just send them to LemmyWorld

        Don’t send them to the largest instance. Send them to one of the slightly smaller but still stable instances, like lemm.ee or feddit.org. Best for everyone if we spread out a bit.

            • Blaze (he/him)
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              21 month ago

              Not exclusively German, but the meta discussions about the instance happen in German, so not ideal for new comers, Lemmy can be confusing enough without adding language barriers 😄

              • threelonmusketeers
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                11 month ago

                the meta discussions about the instance happen in German

                Oh, that would explain why their Matrix chat so incomprehensible… (to me)

                Lemmy can be confusing enough without adding language barriers

                Excellent point.

    • Blaze (he/him)
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      41 month ago

      Skip the federation. Just give them to link to an instance and a few communities.

      That’s enough to start

      • @[email protected]
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        41 month ago

        The Boomers and Xoomers can destroy Reddit like they did Facebook while Spez sells the data from the golden years.

        It won’t last long. I am guessing almost all of prime Reddit years have been scraped and the interest in the AI shitposting that remains won’t be worth much for anyone.