With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready?

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?

we need more hornyposting and leftist infighting

I hate being left wing sometimes
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vHfbUIQeW_A

Probably more NSFW instances? We barely have one.

As a new user (I started using PieFed 2 months ago), the UX can surely be improved, but I feel like the main issue is relative to how users are supposed to use the fediverse: I still don't have a clue on how the fediverse works and how to use it properly.
And I'm motivated in learning to use it.
But for someone who isn't motivated, it's a huge "no thanks, goodbye"

it's weird that, because once you're in it's basically seamless. it's just that first step of picking a server based on your interests that trips people up, because aren't you supposed to pick interests after you get in? more national instances would probably solve that, i think, so you can just go to your local one.

You hear that people? Go set up a camera and show us your genitals! But also, be hot. Or at least interesting. Maybe learn to juggle as you give a blowjob. That'd be fun to watch! If you can do that, the world needs to see it. So why not put it on Lemmy? For the Fediverse!!!

I think we should just hide all of that complexity and just set defaults for everything that the user can decide to change if they want. You don't have to understand how the Fediverse works to be able to use it.
Most people don't understand how email works, they just use it.

BlueSky has 40+ million users, and it's also technically decentralized like the Fediverse.

aka. you can use the eurosky.social or bluesky.social server etc.

more national instances would probably solve that, i think, so you can just go to your local one.

That's roughly how I chose my instance... I thought I'd choose an instance geographically close to me for latency reasons and such. I didn't know anything about different Lemmy instances at the time and didn't (for example) know that my instance actually hosts very few popular communities, so I'd be participating mostly in remote ones.

Hehe. Yeah, I don't think we need more content. There's already some out there. And everyone can add more, all they need is 20sec of time and a redgifs link. What we really need is more admins run servers to host that stuff. And a bigger admin team for the already existing instance so it doesn't just randomly go away along with all the content, as well. Maybe one or two lawyers, or someone with expertise in bullet-proof hosting, to set it up properly. (And we likely need moderators as well. Half of the communities on the old server used to be a desert. Claimed en masse by some nominal members who left a long time ago.) But original content is certainly welcome

Still needs infinite scroll.

yeah but, again, it's seamless. my instance only hosts content in swedish, but that's not really a problem. sorting by scaled means i still see things that happen locally mixed in with everything else.

No, that's why I said it's technically decentralized.

They have 40 million users though, they focused on UX first, and will now hopefully not be dicks and actually become decentralized

I'd also like this, but I feel you'll get pushback against this on the Fediverse

Perhaps it's a feature instance's can set as default or not themselves

Some mobile apps already have it and with the ruling against Meta and YouTube in the USA, I don't know if having infinite scroll will cause legal problems in the future.

Rexited a long time ago. We must encourage (sensible people) to move to Lemmy and Piefed

I have never understood the importance of choosing an instance, especially at the beginning. Sign up for any one, try it for a while and if you need to change later, you can do so without problems.

On sites like mastodon where followers are essential it can be a problem, in lemmy where karma is not even accumulated, changing servers does not make you lose more than the 5 minutes it takes you to do it

I think it would be nice as an opt-in feature in the user settings

Welcome to PieFed! I see you've got an account and you know how to post comments. What else do you need help with?

Ugh I hate infinite scroll. If some people want it, sure, you can implement it as an opt-in feature. But a lot of people use the fediverse to avoid the typical features of corporate social media