People need to realize you can use alternatives
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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This is something that lemmy devs need to better address. This is an "Eternal September" kind of situation. People (me included) are not used to the fediverse. They think you can participate only if you're in that instance. And people want content, so they think "why's the instance with most people? Ahh lemmy.ml? Cool, let's join.
yeah. i think the other problem is that people don't know if the instance would be good performance wise. i.e. i joined lemmy.ml because it was the one i found first.
A good way to handle it would be to have an instance list. with number of users vs maximum users. like joining a server in a video game. if i see its super full, i'll pick another server. of course, we'd need some large banners to make sure people know they won't be missing out on other instances.
I would go one step further that the instance thing should be transparent. Like when you sign up, some process could determine from a "neutral instances pool" which is the one you should join, then when you log in you're in that instance but you don't really know where you are. It just "works". That probably requires a lot of rework and sharing login infomration between instances. But as a more "aspirational thing"