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It should be by geolocation/language and to not confuse people, the instance should be a lemmy.xx domain by default.
yes please. This is lemmy's time to shine. If the servers can handle the load and people don't understand the Fediverse just yet, i say let people be directed towards one good location.
As far as i can tell, after people join and learn the basic interface they start asking questions about the broader capabilities of the fediverse on their own.
Yes! And the devs should then make a big blog post like my linked mastodon post. Then we can spread it all over reddit starting on the 3rd party app communities for Apollo, Reddit is Fun, Sync for Reddit, Bacon Reader, Narwhal, etc.
The users will flood in...just like good lemmings do
I think it’s a great idea. Let there be an Ellis Island, accepting the tired, the hungry, the poor. As long as there are signs everywhere letting them know “you probably shouldn’t live the rest of your new life here, try somewhere else!”
If that's what we want to do, then there needs to be a straightforward way to move your account to another instance.
I think the way Mastodon is handling new users is pretty problematic. Not only did this lead to huge amounts of spam on the network because Eugen's instance couldn't handle the amount of new users, but also this goes against the very idea of federation.
Unpopular opinion: if finding an instance is too hard for you, maybe the federated internet just isn't for you. I see people on reddit still complaining about how difficult Mastodon is, and I'm sorry but if that's too complicated for you, just stay on reddit. Considering the level of discourse of both sites, I think it's a feature, not a bug.