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In reality we should.
To many in lemmy are to happy to stay in their special little corner.
Its just confusing to me because lemmy is made to give anyone their preferred corner.
Asking for low barrier to the largest instances (entry points for new users) seems like a different ask than for professional lemmings to give up their platform.
And what defines a low barrier for entry? I just checked the sign-up process for Lemmy.world, and it's just email > password > agree to ToS > complete a Recapcha. All on one page. How is that any different to any corporate social media site?
The big hassle for signing up for Lemmy is finding an instance that matches your preferences, but I don't see how that's possible to get around. The only thing I can think of is streamlining join-lemmy.org to better direct people to a fitting server.
I know I'm being combatative here, but the thing that bugs me people keep parrotting the same complaints of "there's too much friction" when that problem has pretty much been fixed. Please focus on the currently existing problems instead
In theory, yes. In practice, it depends.
It's too easy for trolls to manipulate the way Lemmy is structured. If they get banned on one instance, they can create a dozen more accounts on other instances.
In general, yes. Everyone does their own thing and goes where they want which is awesome. Unfortunately, trolls can do the same on a much grander scale than on Reddit.
That's just due to the nature of alternative platforms