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How can we make Lemmy easier for new users? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm curious to hear if you have any thoughts or ideas about this. As a developer I understand very well how Lemmy works, and cant tell at all what might be difficult or confusing.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Honestly I can't see anything in lemmy that could anyhow confuse any internet user at all:) In case of any questions anyone can use asklemmy to get friendly advises.

Moreover, trying to sell ease of use and comfortable ux comparing to existing alternatives is a more silicon valley trick to sell useless apps.

Lemmy is different and does not need to concentrate on this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/

69% (not a meme) of the population is not able to complete the task “Find all emails from John Smith.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Whoah, why lemmy devs should educate them how to use internet then :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

I understand that you're saying this tongue in cheek, but this is basically a stance saying that if a person doesn't have the knowledge that I think they should they shouldn't join this community.

Making a tool easier to use isn't wasted effort, it's inclusion. That is especially true if we're talking about well over half the population. Conversely, we could hoard our knowledge and try to ignore or look down on people with less.