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If you're telling someone about Lemmy, what link do you send them? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org
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This post is inspired by a conversation I had with another user earlier that, after some reflection, raised an interesting point.

When telling a user about Lemmy, trying to bring them into the fold if you will, what would be the best go to link? Think of reddit.com/r/all, but for Lemmy.

In theory, any instance will work as long as it has a large enough user base to have people subscribed to other large isntances, but having a solid landing page to point new users towards definitely has some merit.

Thoughts?

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

We probably need a basic politically correct, partisan explanation of differences between major instances on a main page. If hosts are willing, maybe even some basic details about their situation, experience, and intentions. With all the instances, it would be ideal if the potential new user could clearly see stuff like the host's projected ability to scale. If you've got a home lab, scaling is very different than if you're running the instance on Akamai. Maybe also note if the host has other federated services they host.