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?

    • cnnrduncan@beehaw.orgEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Personally I’d probably link people directly to their “Join a Server” page so they don’t get scared off by all the talk of hosting your own instance!

      • Pekka@feddit.nlEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        This is a very good idea, because new users will be very confused when picking an instance. Many people will fear picking the wrong instance (and some will stop and not pick an instance at all). Even though on Lemmy it really does not matter that much on what instance you are.

      • Emi@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        This is what I would do, unless your friend is already fediverse knowledgeable. If you have knowledge about what subreddit they enjoyed the most you can use the community browser to find what instance has the largest similar community and show them that. https://browse.feddit.de

        • kobra@readit.buzz
          1·
          1 year ago

          100% agreed. as someone that has been meaning to jump into the fediverse since the Twitter debacle, I was paralyzed by having to choose an initial Mastadon server. If you want lemmy/kbin to grow, just link them directly to the best matched instance you can find for them.

  • Djokkum@rammy.siteEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’d send them a link to the instance I’m hosting lol. If I weren’t, I’d probably direct them to join-lemmy.org with the explanation that any instance showcased there is probably good enough.

    • simple@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      I would totally use and recommend kbin to everyone but only after a few days. The server still crashes a lot. The dev is doing their best though!

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    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.

  • Mythic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve just been telling them to go to Lemmy.world in their browser to check things out

  • AnakinSandlover@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    If you’re already in the fediverse then you already probably have an idea of which sites there are. So personally I’d keep a few instances handy in mind so I can bring one up and at least “distribute the load” so to speak.

  • Matt@netmonkey.techEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Something like this, perhaps?

    https://lemmy.world/home/data_type/Post/listing_type/All/sort/Hot/page/1

    It shows what’s hot across all communities on Lemmy.world, which is a pretty big instance, as far as I know. If they’re interested in joining a Lemmy server, they could probably join Lemmy.world, but they may wish to try a different one. In that case, the following is a good place to start.

    https://join-lemmy.org/instances

    Hope that helps.