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How did Lemmy World become the default instance?
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this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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Simply because people didn’t and still don’t understand how all of this works.
You can't blame people for the (sometimes) limited brainset they receive.
If it's unclear to the majority, then it's Lemmy which should aim to simplify the process of joining/explaining it to the general population.
Federated software is awesome, but sadly the recruiting process is still too difficult for many.
If it's unclear which app to download / which instance to join, then that's where a lot of registrations are being missed out on.
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On top of the other comments, I'd also like to point out that it's a little unfair to blame a brand new fediverse user for not understanding how it works.
I know I certainly didn't understand how it worked with my first account, but you learn over time by using and interacting. You need to make an account first though to get to that point. Lemmy.world is a safe option for a new user who probably doesn't understand the specifics of the decision of where to make an account.
I agree but I’m not trying to “blame” anybody. Get this sensitive bullshit talk out of here. Lemmy’s to blame overall, but it’s complicated.
What do you think people are not understanding?
I wanted an account on a Lemmy instance, and Lemmy.world is one. Since then, I've been pleased with most of what the admins are doing with it.
And they haven't gotten bored and abandoned the instance like a lot of the smaller ones have gone.
On the other hand, I see a few times a week some people saying that they only browse communities on their instance because they don't want to create accounts on every instance, and they cannot use their credentials on other instances.
This might be the number one thing I see often.
It's one of the reasons why we set the default to 'all' instead of 'local' on LW
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I think choosing a large popular instance to store your account info, posts and comment history makes sense. Also, not having great info about how your credentials are handled on all of these different instances makes people tend to congregate under the idea that more users means better outcome for any grievances. Seems safer. What am I missing?
Yeah, I think lemmy gets glossed over a lot. Few actually understand it. Yesterday people were responding to some of my comments after I deleted them. I have no idea but I guess that means some instances don't federate deletes or something?