This is pretty good! One thing I would suggest though is adding a "choosing an instance" subsection to the intro, specially clarifying that some instances are better suited than others for certain people, based on their primary communities.
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To discuss how to grow and manage communities / magazines on Lemmy, Mbin, Piefed and Sublinks
Resources:
- https://lemmy-federate.com/ to federate your community to a lot of instances
- !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com to organize overall fediverse growth
- !reddit@lemmy.world to keep tabs on where new users might come from :)
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This is a good point. @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com I saw that you recently shared some thoughts on that, would you have thoughts on what we should prioritize there?
I'm thinking of swapping the pangora.social line with a link to the new section, where we can
- mention the issue with centralization
- mention what to look for when picking an instance
- link to Pangora's tool and any other ones
There are a few other considerations. For example, linking to a few specific instances might be seen as Fedecan endorsing them / showing preference to them over others. It might be better to continue posting recommendations on Lemmy as @Blaze has been?
I like it, but I feel it’s a little jargony, especially the first bit.
Your average person has no clue what “open protocol” means.
Good feedback
Do you think it would be better to define it, or use different words entirely?
For example
... because of open standards which is a common language that they all speak. Email providers and...
Really cool! Well done 👍