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Should we revisit the instance picker to have an easier default choice? (media.piefed.zip)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social
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Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1quso40/european_reddit_alternative_piefed_users_surge/o3cfxy9/

Also found in a !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com post by @biltong@piefed.co.za : https://piefed.co.za/c/fedibridge/p/22233/post-on-r-buyfromeu-on-the-recent-surge-of-users-to-piefed

I like the way Voyager does it: image

https://vger.app/profile

DeltaChat also has a very easy onboarding process: you just put your name, and that's it. The app creates the password in the background and allows you to switch servers easily. That really helps with onboarding new joiners.

Piefed.zip could be a nice default choice. If there are others you see, feel free to suggest.

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[–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (8 children)

I think the problem is that there's two competing problems here: The federated structure of the fediverse and good onboarding. We certainly can improve onboarding, but trying to bypass it and just throw people into an instance sort of negates what the point of federation is. And I don't think it would stop many people confused now, from being confused.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (7 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    This is one of the problems – I saw your comment on piefed.social, but your link points to piefed.zip. When I clicked it, I couldn’t upvote or comment because I’m not logged in. Is the post you linked available on piefed.social? Why does your link go to another instance - are you on that one now? I tried changing the link to https://piefed.social/post/410688, but it doesn’t exist. Does it really not matter which server I choose? Will I be able to see posts from any user on any server while using my chosen server?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Now on this, I completely agree with you. You can generate instance-neutral links on Piefed by putting an explanation mark in front of text: !piefed_meta@piefed.social - and it will be clickable and send you there within your own instance.

    And you can do the same with usernames by using "@": @cile.sb@piefed.social

    However, for linking someone a threaded comment specifically like Blaze just did? It's more awkward.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    "I'm just happy to be here" is a fun archetype but unfortunately not that common lol

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    It could become more spread if we started using good hidden defaults.

    For a while there was a large amount of Sync+Lemmy.world user, because LW was the default instance

    We should try to replicate something similar with Voyager and Piefed.zip

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