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Very Confused... (self.lemmyworld)
submitted 2 years ago by BendyLemmy to c/lemmyworld
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I've got to say - I can't see how this is really going to take off.... It's so confusing.

Let me try to explain a bit...

  1. Tried making accounts, got one on lemmy.ml and lemmy.world.
  2. Saw some interesting feeds, but can't load lemmy.ml (502 error - maybe overloaded). However, the 'Fediverse' is linked up - so surely I should be able to find this user and connect to his post without too much hassle?
  3. Try to visit - he's on vlemmy.net - I can't interact without logging in. My account doesn't work - is it a different account for every instance?
  4. Compared to ten minutes on Reddit, after 2 days I still haven't found content and/or interaction that I want. I kind of understand how cool federated stuff is, but I cannot get to the product.
  • r/firefox r/linux r/angryupvote r/jokes - you know.... stuff!

I follow a link for the user and end up seeing that I am not logged in, but a note says:

'If you use a Fediverse account that is able to follow users, you can follow this user.'

I don't understand this - How? Where? There's no context menu...

I AM LOGGED IN here and now... What gives?

If it's this hard for me, I'm sure that this rules out 99% of internet users from switching over... as I'm sure that more than 75% of Reddit users are dumber than I am.

Oh, and finally now I see another notice:

https://i.imgur.com/tozS6RY.png

If you deselect Undetermined, you will not see most content.

WTF does that mean? Where did I select, or have an option to select 'Undetermined'?

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[โ€“] TeaHands 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As to your last question, the language selector (where you've selected English in your screenshot) also has an option for "undetermined". A lot of content is posted here without a language attached, so by deselecting "undetermined" you'll no longer see that content.

It's ok though, the language drop-down is a multi-select so you can pick as many languages as you want, just make sure you've also got undetermined in there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for the tip about undetermined! That explains all the German posts I'm seeing. I'm not -that- fluent!

[โ€“] TeaHands 6 points 2 years ago

Maybe if you keep reading them, you could be!