jerry

jerry, 10 months ago

Ellie always gets BBQ. ;)

jerry, 10 months ago

Thanks for the tip. That's super useful.

jerry, 10 months ago

This was shot with a full moon behind me. I was happy to get the unique moonlit landscape with some faint milky way at the same time.

jerry, 10 months ago

Thanks! It certainly does.

jerry, 10 months ago

Thanks!

jerry, 10 months ago

Thanks!

jerry, 10 months ago

Before I die, I'm going to see the Alps. I don't know when, but its gotta happen.

jerry, 10 months ago

I'm super new to this and still trying to learn stuff. Looks like folks can pin posts to the instance. Something like a "New to Lemmy? Start Here." kind of post would be helpful. Right now, I just saw the "lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead" and wondered if I was in the wrong place.

jerry, 10 months ago

Mastodon during the twitter migration had a problem where folks were standing up instances, but new users were having trouble finding them, or overwhelmed with lots of "interest-based" instances. Most users don't care about a "furry" specific instance, or an instance focused on San Francisco Donut enthusiasts. They just want an instance.

Another problem is as time went on, some of those instances shut down abruptly and wiped out accounts for folks. Having a few centralized and supported instances at first will help solve that problem as well.

I have the technical know how, given a "GettingStarted.md" file to read to stand up an instance, but I'd rather put my time/energy into supporting an existing one. Dealing with the horde of people currently joining and about to join will require some coordination.

jerry, 10 months ago

I agree -- the FOMO thing is real.

However having a clear path to follow would really help capture/retain those users. In other words "Wow, Lemmy is so popular it can't handle the traffic -- here's an up-to-date list of instances to try anyway", or some other option.

Possibly a pinned post where instance owners can comment info on their own instances without having to wait for someone to update a master list?

jerry, 10 months ago

A pinned post like "Welcome to Lemmy!" on Lemmy.ml and other instances with that link would help I think. Also, I think it would be a more streamlined experience (and less disorienting) if the "Join" links on that page went directly to the instance's signup page instead of the local instance feed.