This reddit post likely has tens if not hundreds of thousands of views, look at the top comment.

Lemmy is losing so many potential new users because the UX sucks for the vast majority of people.

What can we do?

  • JasSmithEnglish
    164·
    5 days ago

    IMHO, the UX is bad, but the user base is also repellant. It’s further left than Reddit so most people who jump in bounce right off. That’s going to be difficult to change organically. Especially because most users respond to this with “good.” So there’s definitely no appetite to appeal to a wider audience. I predict Lemmy will become increasingly ideologically partisan and isolated.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.eeEnglish
      131·
      5 days ago

      I don’t think partisan is even the right word here as many Lemmy users are too far left for mainstream political parties. In fact I am further left than most any mainstream party, but am still considered a capitalist shill by people here.

      • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        Leftists and ultra right wing were starting to get banned on Reddit long ago and federation and internet archtiecture and infrastructure is made by generally leftists and libertarian types. Gab is fediverse software. Lemmy.ml and hexbear are ex chapotraphouse folks. So yeah, lots of leftists and libertarian types are around these niche and relatively new (I started using the fediverse nearly 10 years ago lol). Surprise pikachu face when normal people stop using reddit and twitter and see leftists having discussions out in the open without recourse since they were shielded from them by corporations, but it shouldn’t be that surprising honestly

    • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      The political leaning is definitely unfortunate. The fediverse should be for everyone, not just a certain political section.

    • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      5 days ago

      Um… okay, if the fairly mainstream for our demographic politics here repels certain people, good.

      • JasSmithEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        Especially because most users respond to this with “good.”

        good.

        Your comedic timing is impeccable.

        • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Sure. You complained about that opinion, but it doesn’t mean I can’t hold that opinion. I don’t agree with your observations or conclusions. We don’t need more dimwit asshole conservatives here, if that’s what you mean by ‘wider audience’. That group already whines that Reddit is too leftist for them. I don’t really agree that Lemmy is more extreme in that regard, other than specific instances like .ml or grad. The politics I see here are not more extreme and I don’t find the user base ‘repellant’ at all, and I hold fairly typical US left views (would like more socialism, believe in human rights, universal healthcare, oppose racism, etc).