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Clicking a link should first check if the link is to another lemmy instance, and if it is it should attempt to open that post while remaining in this instance.

I think if you use Lemmy (and mastodon and other fedi platforms) through a client you can avoid this issue. I use Tusky and Pinafore for mastodon, but haven't found a good one yet for lemmy

How can we make the fediverse easier to adopt? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mlem looks great! IOS only though rip

How can we make the fediverse easier to adopt? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Making links not redirect to other instances you’re not logged in to

definitely this

How can we make the fediverse easier to adopt? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah a good Lemmy client app would probably help users migrate easier. I tried the only one on the android play store (Jebril) but it crashes immediately when I log in

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How can we make the fediverse easier to adopt? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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or another way to ask it, what made fedi easier for you to adopt? I don't think the answer is better ways of explaining how federation exactly works, because no matter how good of an analogy you can make, most users don't care and just want to know how to get started

EDIT: I guess I'll go first, for something like Mastodon I think encouraging people to use a client like pinafore.social or Tusky instead of going directly to the website of the instance would help stop people from confusing themselves by getting redirected between instances. Same for Lemmy as better clients start to pop up

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Should federated social media have a centralized website that users use to access it? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by thebestlettuce@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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(reposted this from r/fediverse)

Should federated social media have a centralized website that users use to access it?

It would be like starting a server for a video game. If I host, say a Minecraft server, my friends won't connect directly to the server, rather we will all use the same software (Minecraft) to connect. In a similar way I could start a Mastodon instance, but we would all go to a single website, something like mastodon.com, and type in the url to my instance to access it.

The benefit of this would be removing a lot of friction that comes with interacting with users across instances. If I, a user of mas.to visit a user profile from someone on mastodon.world, I need to actually navigate to the website mastodon.world to see all of their posts. From here, I lose the ability to like posts, reply, or basically do anything. I need to copy the link back to my home instance to do anything with the content on mastodon.world

This is really confusing to users who haven't even realized they have been navigated to a different website, since the UI is all the same. One of my friends stopped using mastodon because she was confused why she kept being logged out seemingly for no reason. It's also unnecessary friction that stops me from being able to interact properly with the entire fediverse.

If I was accessing mastodon through a centralized website, I could stay logged in while viewing a profile or post from another user, and I still would be able to interact with it. I would never be navigated away to another website and logged out. It would be a much less confusing and frustrating experience and lower the barriers between instances.