For context, I usually come across accounts posting something on social media without a source. Then I use a search engine to search some keywords from that claim (in this case Valve Rotschild lawsuit) and if multiple sources report on it then I select whatever headline looks appealing and contains decent looking information. I barely do any background checking on the websites so it’s possible I end on LLM websites. If the other user just told me “this LLM website is bad” I wouldn’t change anything but they also provided a good alternative to easily change the post to another article so I don’t mind.

Good call I changed the article from GameRant to the PCGamer article you linked

I think it’s great that it now sends people to an instance. One other recommendation is to not send people to the signup page but simply to the home page of the instance. For example a redirect goes to to thelemmy.club but it states that anyone who wants to join that server needs to wait for acceptance after creating an account. This is a major turnoff for new users

https://thelemmy.club/signup

Instead the redirect going to the home page https://thelemmy.club/ would be much better as people can instantly see Lemmy and what Lemmy actually is.

“A forum for the Fediverse” is my preference

We could also consider showing lemmy.world again

Possibly. Dumping everyone at lemmy.zip is a possibility too. lemmy.wtf is is a bit too on the nose.

I would avoid using instances without “lemmy” in the name like reddthat, it was very confusing to me when I started out.

I would consider removing the topic selection, because there are some which barely narrow it down (technology, general or politics each show a few dozen instances)

I think I agree with that, at least for now. The only topic instance with real specific activity in that list is probably blahaj for the LGBTQ.

The new front page looks much better and cleaner. Not sure about the “Apps” though, people need to create an account first so. Maybe “Instance selector”? Also I’d call it “Mobile Apps” instead, “Apps” is a bit vague.

I still plead for removing both buttons and directly showing the “instance selector” in the middle area, with the “See all instances” showing in the top bar only. Maybe slightly more prominently than the other top bar icons

One of the buttons talks about “instances” and the other one about “servers in your new design”. Not sure what the difference there is

Extra clicks are a huge deal. There’s a reason platforms like Amazon are so focussed on minimizing the amount of clicks users have to go through to from webpage to payment.

Getting a Lemmy users to finish their registration in this case is similar to “getting a transaction done”. Language selectors are a massive list of languages and a big hindrance.

With the current amount of users on Lemmy I think language specific content is still too niche and it should be nothing more than an option. The extra click certainly isn’t worth it. People can always sign up for a language specific Lemmy instance later on if they so wish. They just need to get in, and get in fast with minimal friction.

• The term Link Aggregator has got to go. Call it a forum and call it a day

• Join Lemmy button is redundant. In fact I don’t think it should even exist. All the buttons have got to go and people should directly see the “what are your interests” selection menu.

• Donation button can be on top, but I don’t think it’s handy to have it at onboarding when people don’t know what Lemmy is

• See all servers button at the top as well

• There needs to be more “general” servers. Lemmy.world was the most popular choice because people want to check out Lemmy and just click on “general”. Not sure if .ml still has the commie paste prompt.

• If possible let their first server be a general one without email verification so they can quickly join

• Most people don’t have a preference for interests, I’d make one giant button on the left saying “all” or " general" or something like that which just directly sends you to a “general” server, and one on the right which allows to select interests.

• Images of Lemmy at the bottom are a bit confusing maybe? undecided on that

• “All topics” and “General” is redundant

Selecting interests for personalized experience is something which should happen on an account basis imo. Reddit lets users select their interests and bases their frontpage algorithm on that. And people can change those filters if they so wish to get a different feed. That’s customization on an account level, not on instance level.

Language customization should be less emphasized, or should be put in the “interests” section based on their country IP while joining. On the internet imperialist English has been considered the default language. The join-Lemmy page is English to begin with.

Trains, just what was missing from Sonic Heroes rails drifting.

Boo

The overwhelming majority of cross posts are simply the link or occasionally there is a small amount of different text in the body.

It would be awesome, this is probably the most important issue Lemmy is facing.

Maybe community moderators could decide to defederate with certain other communities if they believe that the moderation there is not up to snuff.

Or maybe community moderators could moderate the combined comment section of what people can see on their own communities, even when it is posted on other communities, but not remove comments or ban people from those other communities.

Honestly, a bit of experimentation might just be necessary to see what works, but I think we definitely need a way to combine posts which are redundant.

Should have been a 1 there. Good catch

PS1* and PS2 had strong music. It became a lot more muted after that.

I think the communities button is especially important because it’s mainly how I navigate Lemmy. Create post is handy too. Create community not really.

@Nutomic can we get these buttons back in smaller view?

Ah thanks there it is. I thought it would be next to the other big buttons

When resizing Lemmy in browser to half screen by dragging it to the side my top bar with communities and create post dissapears.

I’m so unhyped for the Switch 2 that I’m not sure if it has been released already

This is partially true but SSD’s do not spin at all.

I have had many a NAS drive fail on me in the past.

HDDs die faster when running because they have to spin though.