I’ve noticed that a lot of people on the #fediverse aren’t particularly welcoming to those who don’t initially get it or have trouble with it. You’d think that if multiple people say they have trouble picking an instance, it might be a genuine barrier to entry that we need to consider when introducing them to the fediverse. But no, instead of suggesting an instance to get rid of that barrier everyone gives unhelpful advice like “just pick one” or “it’s not that hard.” We’d have a much easier time getting people on the fediverse if there weren’t so many people with this attitude of “the fediverse is simple, and the people who don’t get it are lazy and should try harder.”

    • ThatOneKirbyMain2568OP
      2•7 months ago

      @Die4Ever

      I think it’d be more effective to just tell them an instance to choose. If someone asked me how to pick a Lemmy instance, I’d say direct them to a large, general instance: “Just sign up on lemmy.world [or some other instance]; it’s a large instance with good moderation, and you can figure out if you want to switch to a different one once you’ve gotten more acquainted with the fediverse.” My idea here would be to just get them to try it out without lingering on the question of which instance to choose, as it doesn’t really matter for newcomers when we’re talking about large, general-purpose instances.