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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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[–] 6 points 9 months ago* (16 children)

The problem with your suggestion is that it creates centralization. See Mastodon.social, matrix.org, etc.

The solution, I have posted before, is to ask instances to be opted into a directory, and then present the user with a random suggestion from that list. There should be some basic criteria like uptime and a proper set of rules laid out of course.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (15 children)

    Lemmy.ml isn't the largest Lemmy instance

    Piefed.social will probably go the same way once rimu decides to shut down the registrations to keep hardware costs manageable.

    Your suggestion would be doable if there was another long established, up-to-date , generalist, non-flagship Piefed instance, but as of now I only know Piefed.zip

    Piefed.ca is Canadian focused

    Blahaj is queer focused

    Piefed.world is vastly outdated

    Anarchist.nexus is, well, anarchist

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (14 children)

    Lemmy.ml isn't the largest Lemmy instance

    It's also not a default instance in any apps that I'm aware of.

    Piefed.ca is Canadian focused. Blahaj is queer focused.

    As it says in OP, none of that matters.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago* (13 children)

    Isn't Lemmy.ml the default in Jerboa?

    As it says in OP, none of that matters.

    I'm not @ada@piefed.blahaj.zone , but I'm quite sure they prefer to avoid waves of new joiners from Reddit signing up on their instance without knowing it's a queer safe space

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (8 children)

    Isn't Lemmy.ml the default in Jerboa?

    Okay, 1 app. Where is OP from Reddit looking? There's no "Lemmy app". Or "PieFed app". That's what matters.

    I'm quite sure they prefer to avoid waves of new joiners

    Then they can choose not to opt in.

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

    Then they can choose not to opt in.

    But then none of the instances I listed above would want to become a "default" instance except Piefed.zip

    Again, if you can find me an updated, generalist, long established, non flagship instance besides Piefed.zip, I would be happy, but I don't think there's any unfortunately

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (6 children)

    none of the instances I listed above would want to become a "default" instance except Piefed.zip

    Then .zip it is. For now. This is obviously a growing platform, but we should have a plan to decentralize for the future.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

    I can assure you that as soon as some ready-loaded, well designed and reliable piefed instances emerge that are 'generalist' in purpose I will promote them on piefed.social in an effort to spread the userbase.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    The most powerful promotion is having them as the "default instance".

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, sure, but I mean I will also be actively trying to get people on piefed.social to also move there lol - not just new users.

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

    i moved to .zip a couple days ago in part for the reason of wanting to spread userbase out a little more, im sure im not the only one willing to bump on over for the health of the network :)

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The problem is that both piefed.zip and piefed.world, despite being generalist instances, are secondary to their primary instances (lemmy.world/lemmy.zip). Piefed.world is still on version 1.2.7.

    We need a new instance that is run as the primary instance and actively maintained and supporting a local community.

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