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With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

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[–] c0dezer0@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

We need more content especially main stream topic and pop culture.

In the fediverse we have too much politics, lgbt, Linux and environmental topics. Don't get me wrong those topics are great and should continue existing but your average Joe like other topics more.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Mobile users can be pointed towards alternative clients. Makes the whole thing much more manageable and familiar. I use sync (which no longer seems to be being updated) but there are others. Don't know if there's a desktop equivalent but that might help with UX problems.

Also, re onboarding - many Lemmites might be astonished to realise how many non technical ppl don't know what a server is and are intimidated by the term. Maybe just say something like 'Click on the place nearest to you or that you like the sound of'. I dunno, a metaphor. Like, your computer is a toilet, the fediverse is the ocean. When you take a crap and flush, your turd goes to the local sewage facility where it parties with all the other turds before being dumped into the sea.

There's probably a better metaphor, but, y'know.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago

are we ready?

idk how to get more people aware of fediverse without joining stuff like reddit again and getting banned repeatedly mentioning fediverse.

[–] fireduck@lem.trashbrain.org 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

As a sys admin with a lot of experience, I am still unsure how to maintain and update my lemmy instance. So I am revisiting again, but it seems like we need work on the lemmy docker containers and possibly docker-compose.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 3 points 13 hours ago

pretty sure PieFed is easier to host

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Let's hope this time there won't be a "boycott is over" moment.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There was a boycott is over moment? Isn't reddit still blocking third party apps?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Basically a lot of people got their anger out, then moved on with their life.

[–] Knightfox@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I never boycotted Reddit, I just refused to use their app and new reddit. I ended up just using desktop mode old reddit without an app. If reddit moved to an age verification I would just drop it completely lol.

[–] nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I switched during the API blackout, the first issue I ran into was just a lack of content. That's definitely been resolved since. I think at this point it just comes down to how well they can pick up on the concept of the fediverse, and picking an instance.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The only way lack of content still pervades is in niches. If I specifically like Game X, chances are worse than not that there's no activity in the community built for that one game.

Basically, I guess I need to write 8 alt-account posts/memes complaining about how the Ghoul is overpowered in Dead by Daylight.

[–] nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

Quick, get into a war about your favorite character in Iconoclasts!

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

This is a small one. I'd like to see a full screen edit window like Reddit has.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 15 hours ago

Eh, I'm probably leaving here after lemy.lol shuts down. Have fun!

[–] IndieGoblin@lemmy.4d2.org 13 points 1 day ago

Lemmy seems in a great spot. I hope people give it a chance

[–] group_hug@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Only way there is a mass rexit is if the bot accounts get fed up and leave.

Can't say I'm looking forward to swarms of bot accounts descening on Lemmy

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They are already arriving to some degree.

The difference being is that Lemmy and other similar services have zero controls or ability to handle bots or bop traffic if those bots were bots from 2014.

Not bots from today.

It's a bit of a problem and honestly with increasing bot traffic across the internet and fedaverse being extremely vulnerable to it It's absolutely bat shit insane, but I don't see any other option than somehow having some form of human verification.

It's a problem

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

One of my favorite tricks that a friend of mine showed me years ago was this:

Put a check box or radio button somewhere on the page that will never end up visible to the end user marked with a label like "check here to verify you're not a not" or "choose your ethnicity from this list or select prefer not to say", then reject accounts that ever check those boxes, because a human never would. If you occasionally snare a blind person by mistake,they can email to bypass that with a human admin.

I don't know if it would trick modern bots, but he said it worked awesome back then.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

It's largely considered ineffective these days. Detecting elements that don't affect layout is trivial, or elements that are occluded, transparent....etc

Capchas are one of the best options. But even then, LLM users bypass those relatively easily, and LLM users are one of the biggest risk areas for astroturfing.

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