Whenever barrier to entry is discussed for lemmy, and reducing confusion for different servers is brought up, all of the isolationist comments come out of the woodwork.
Apparently redditors who are too dumb to register should stay on reddit?
We have a platform that seems to be working and slowly growing. Shouldnt we want good defaults in place to give the best possible experience with minimal user effort?
There’s a lot that can be easily improved when it comes to cleaner default settings and usability. I’m all for what you’re suggesting. But…
We can’t expect people who want a perfect copy of Reddit to stick around here. We can welcome people when they come try out Lemmy, but there needs to be some give and take. For the benefit of leaving the control of spez and co., some jankiness and learning curves is the price to pay, mostly owing to resource constraints, a smaller userbase and the decentralized philosophy.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. When new users arrive here, I welcome them and regularly offer tips to make their experience better. On the other hand, if they aren’t willing to put in the effort to make the experience their own, I won’t cry if they go away either.