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transcriptA picture of the Ben Affleck Smoking meme, with the caption "Me seeing people on reddit telling other people to go to lemmy.world"

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Lemmy is great, you can choose whatever instance you want! But fuck you if you choose that one."

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No, don't recommend that one. I don't care if you're on LW, its just not a great idea to recommend it to newcomers.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't I change instances if I want? Seems like having a landing zone would be a good thing. Picking a server to join for your initial setup is really confusing for the less tech inclined. That on-boarding process bounces tons of users and making it simpler up front would be best for growth.

This is all moot if you can't change the server your account is on and my b if I'm wrong on that one.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

You can sign up for a new account, but you'll lose your preferences and such, there's no migration feature I don't think yet.

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was forced to go to Lemmy after the post-inauguration bloodbath, but Ive liked it a lot, more than Reddit in many ways. I was getting really tired of the bots, puns, Russian Propganda, novelty accounts, TROLLS, etc.

OTOH, I feel like I can speak much more freely on Lemmy. Even before I got permabanned, Reddits Free Speech mission had become non-existent.

The downside of Lemmy is that some of my favorite subs don't have an equivalent on Lemmy. For instance, the Reddit guitar subs are very active, but the few Lemmy guitar forums are nearly empty, with posts that are days, weeks, months, and even years, apart. I tried Googling "Lemmy Guitar" for ideas, and literally every link was about Motorhead.

So I welcome more quality Reddit immigrants, as long as all the Trolls stay over there.

[–] Apple87sagan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Help build the guitar community, tell the people on reddit to come here instead. I will do the same.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I can't, I'm permabanned. I tried getting around it several times, with new account names, but each one lasted a shorter and shorter time, as the algorithm honed in on me. My first alt lasted a few weeks, my last one was caught within an hour.

I do like the idea of building the Guitar community here at Lemmy, I'm just not familiar enough with the system to know how to do that. Do we start a new forum, or take over an existing one? Do we have just one and put EVERYTHING in there, or do we split it up between various subjects - general, lessons, performances, gear, amps, etc.?

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

some comms you're gonna need to build

[–] LunarEwok@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

First post on Lemmy! and oh my word… never seen such an eclectic mix of flavours of people, positions and politics in a long time.

This decentralised thing could actually be a good thing: pulls people away from bubbles and echo chambers!

Just remember to play nice :)

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago
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[–] BrutallyHonestPOS@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

lemmy.world does not allow the use of vpn to post. vpn is basic internet hygiene. do not go to lemmy.world if you care about that, our you will not be able to post.

you can join any federated instance instead.

one day later edit: i took my information from this post of a lemmy.world admin: https://lemmy.world/comment/12079632

I was made aware that users are able to post on lemmy.world while using a vpn. maybe their stance has changed?

aside from that, try to avoid joining the biggest instance and join smaller, federated instances instead. this reduces load and avoids centralization.

[–] sus@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

vpn is basic internet hygiene

according to vpn companies

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

9 out 10 VPN companies recommend hiding your IP address.

[–] airglow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

lemmy.world does not allow the use of vpn to post.

That is definitely not true. I'm using one right now, and there is a VPN community at !vpn@lemmy.world.

[–] BrutallyHonestPOS@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

https://lemmy.world/comment/12079632

is this resolved then? i will update my comment to correctly reflect the current situation then :)

[–] drkt_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 189 points 2 days ago (98 children)

Stop making good the enemy of perfect!

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 71 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, anything to get them from reddit is good.

Plus, once they get a feel for Lemmy and the wider fediverse, they can then migrate their account elsewhere.

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[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 76 points 2 days ago (17 children)

The cold truth is that to onboard people in greater numbers you need a default instance recommendation. You just do. You absolutely cannot ask potential new users (many of which will - hopefully - be casual and not so tech savvy) to sit down and undertake a multi hour research project into finding an appropriate small instance for them. You cannot reasonably expect people to look into uptime, funding and defederation lists to make an informed decision about where to register. You just need them through the door and posting and commenting and voting.

Making a new account somewhere else is super easy and painless once they're already here. We just need to get them here.

[–] macncheese@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I agree as I am one such case. I created an account like a year and a half ago and got so overwhelmed with it I just ignored it. Even the explainer I found was just too much. Finally a couple weeks ago I remembered it given all the Reddit is compromised stuff. I found my login info. I also happened to have had a gummy so I was in the right high mindset to just go down a rabbithole and finally figured it out. I still don't really understand how Lemmy interacts with like Mastodon or Pixelfed etc.

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[–] JayGray91@lemmy.zip 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can we recommend another generic instance? .world has a few problems plaguing it right now.

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What do you want them to do? Select an instance at random, to spread them out?

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Yeah, this is just stupid. I wish a significant amount of redditors would go to lemmy.world

I mean, what do you want to tell them to join? Something called "mander.xyz"? "sopuli.xyz"? Maybe something like sh.itjust.works, jlai.lu or yall.theatl.social? I'd feel awkward enough telling them to join "Lemmy" then linking to lemm.ee. Sending them to lemmy.ml would just be cruel.

[–] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I picked lemmy.world because it sounded the least sus

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As many others did, and many others will in the future.

Referring new users to a poorly named instance is a generally bad idea. Many of our instances do look very similar to the nonsense links you're taught you're not supposed to not click on if you get them in an email or see them on the internet in the wild.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It is the most popular and easy to understand, I've never been harassed by the instance admins or mods like in other communities. (.ml .blahaj .ee)

.world is the defalt instance and I can't find a better one to take its place

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[–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

.world as far as I can tell, is a fairly good starting point for reddit refugees (like myself). I'm still annoyed by the lack of multis, so in order to keep my interests organized I have to have multiple accounts, but I'm otherwise fairly happy with it. Might migrate to another instance purely to get away from the .world vs .ml drama, and I'd encourage other reddit refugees to also migrate instances after becoming familiar with how lemmy works.

a generic instance is what most users need to actually make the move, if they like it or understand it better later they might choose a different insurance later, if not who cares they can still interact with others.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I registered with blahaj first but I couldn't. Log in after a couple of months and never found a solution.

I came to Lemmy on my own but felt forced I to .World.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are other generalist or niche instances beyond .world

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[–] Sheldan@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I don't see the issue with recommending a generic instance, if your intend is to convert the generic user. It certainly is a better experience than saying 'ok, so choose what you like from this list of instances' and they don't even know the implications or what that means.

The overcomplication of Lemmy is an issue, and this behavior tries to avoid that.

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[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i said it before but lemmy hates new users

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

I don't hate new users. Just, please recommend another instance to newcomers.

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