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Should we revisit the instance picker to have an easier default choice? (media.piefed.zip)
submitted 3 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social
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Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1quso40/european_reddit_alternative_piefed_users_surge/o3cfxy9/

Also found in a !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com post by @biltong@piefed.co.za : https://piefed.co.za/c/fedibridge/p/22233/post-on-r-buyfromeu-on-the-recent-surge-of-users-to-piefed

I like the way Voyager does it: image

https://vger.app/profile

DeltaChat also has a very easy onboarding process: you just put your name, and that's it. The app creates the password in the background and allows you to switch servers easily. That really helps with onboarding new joiners.

Piefed.zip could be a nice default choice. If there are others you see, feel free to suggest.

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[-] INeedMana@piefed.zip 30 points 3 months ago

I'm afraid that icankillpenguins might be right. That most people don't really know what a server is, so when asked to pick one they freeze

My thoughts, numbered only for potential referencing

  1. I guess for now it could be managed by hand which server they get routed to. But that's not an ideal solution IMO
  2. I think that idea of checking response speeds is a good idea
  3. keeping option to read the instance's description and choose another one is a good idea
  4. theoretically, joining a general instance vs an opinionated one might not work for those that are not opinionated or are opinionated the other way. So I think it should be discussed if instances should be able to mark themselves as general or opinionated and the initial choice be from among the general ones
  5. it would be a good idea to somehow rotate between proposed instances based on MAU or some other metric
[-] weingeist@piefed.social 21 points 3 months ago

I signed up a minute ago, and I was so confused (still am, tbh). But luckily there was the button "I dont know, help" me, which scrolled down a centimeter, which was actually not that helpful :D

[-] Sergio@piefed.social 10 points 3 months ago

Well you made a good decision! If you still need help, look here:

[-] Blaze@piefed.zip 8 points 3 months ago
[-] Sergio@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago

I was gonna say: if you still have questions after that, then just @Blaze@piefed.zip

[-] Blaze@piefed.zip 6 points 3 months ago

And if you have a language issue, !languagesettings@lemmy.zip

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 4 points 3 months ago

I think point 4 is critically important. It's great that the fediverse has kooky instances but lets not throw new users to the wolves by referring them to "random" instances.

IMO, pre-select a half dozen good choices, discard the third with the slowest response times, make a random selection from the remainder.

[-] Nusm@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago

I’m afraid that icankillpenguins might be right.

Not something that I thought I would read today. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 3 months ago

I meant only in the context of the pasted image, not that whole other thread

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