It needs to have a much easier way to rapidly suggest a good instance to make an account on without trying to explain all the details of Federation to new users. Just one click and done. They can learn about Federation afterwards.
Plus maybe an unintrusive one-time message showing off the nicest Lemmy apps for iOS and Android. If people are aware that they can get a good experience on mobile, they’re more likely to become active users as they take their phone with them during the day.
I understand why people are weary of pushy marketing, but for better or worse product education does help growth.
Maybe it can suggest an app and other “getting started” stuff through a system message of some kind, like how Reddit delivers notices via it’s /u/Reddit bot.
Definitely there should be an updated list of apps as the first recommended app (Jerboa) is like… Pre-alpha. Constant authentication issues for the one day I used it, plus other usability issues galore.
I only found any mention of Connect for Lemmy on Lemmy itself and it’s a far superior app, used it ever since.
It needs to have a much easier way to rapidly suggest a good instance to make an account on without trying to explain all the details of Federation to new users. Just one click and done. They can learn about Federation afterwards.
Plus maybe an unintrusive one-time message showing off the nicest Lemmy apps for iOS and Android. If people are aware that they can get a good experience on mobile, they’re more likely to become active users as they take their phone with them during the day.
I understand why people are weary of pushy marketing, but for better or worse product education does help growth.
Maybe it can suggest an app and other “getting started” stuff through a system message of some kind, like how Reddit delivers notices via it’s /u/Reddit bot.
Definitely there should be an updated list of apps as the first recommended app (Jerboa) is like… Pre-alpha. Constant authentication issues for the one day I used it, plus other usability issues galore.
I only found any mention of Connect for Lemmy on Lemmy itself and it’s a far superior app, used it ever since.
Connect doesn’t seem to be open source. For now I’m using Thunder, which despite its alpha status is surprisingly stable and nice-looking.