Already signed up. Got the login verification email, followed through and did the security thing, “type the word from our sidebar below” passed all that and can not login.

I appreciate that but don’t bother. I tried with the instance listed in this post and still got the same login issues even after receiving the email to login and passing the security check etc. I deleted the app. I’ve tried enough times and never had any success so I won’t be trying again.

I think they signed up at 50501.chat.

It's a shame that Lemmy is missing out on new users just due to signup issues.

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[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

Niche is working. Not everything has to be market dominating

I'm sorry but this is one of the more terrible takes I've seen people barf out on lemmy an the fediverse as a whole, the idea that "gRoWTh iSN't iMPoRtaNt bECaUse LEmmY isN't a cOMpAnY". The fact is this is a stupid argument because being niche hurts a social media platform's ability to be a social media, it hinders the amount of interaction you can get, and it stifles more niche communities to the point they can't even get off the ground at all.

This whole thing about growth not being important is one of those Fediverse talking points that needs to be shot dead right here, right now.

Gatekeeping platforms and trying to keep out the "laugh and upvote" crowd is not helping anyone, it's hurting this platform, because people not getting interaction on their posts, or their communities being dead in the water because not enough if any people here are interested really kills motivation, and is likely part of the reason we saw a dip in Lemmy activity after the initial Reddit API exodus. Why do you want to gatekeep these people so much anyway? Most of them are only going to laugh, upvote, and consume content here, chances are you won't directly see most of them. Yet they are one of the more important parts of a social media platform since they give it life and energy and activity, that just wouldn't be anywhere near the same without them.