Part of the problem is that when a new user starts exploring Lemmy, they see the list of "most popular instances" and are inclined to gravitate towards them, when it's really not necessary to join them to interact with them... As a recent Reddit refugee, that was what I struggled with the most.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What we need is a big disclaimer text with a step by step and requests for choosing from less populated servers.

That text needs to be present at every single point of the user journey, not just once.

[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried like 4 or 5 instanced before settling on lemmy.ml a few days ago because none of them had admissions open.

[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 2 years ago

@LoreleiSankTheShip @Obi, Lemmy is fine, but also Mastodon with a lot of instances

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