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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] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I don't think ease of use is the problem here, but rather the general appeal – like an incentive why someone would join Lemmy instead of some other community with similar features. One approach could be spreading posts on other sites that take the user to Lemmy with the option to sign up to comment or vote.

Then just let the network effect do its magic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect