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?

  • granblu @lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Picking a starter is easy. Everyone knows that pokémon is a game about collecting creatures, and everyone knows what fire/ water/ grass is, so no one’s gonna be stumped. Not everyone is gonna immediately know what an instance is, or what it does, or what it’s there for

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      Everyone has heard of fire, water and grass, sure. Do they have any idea what that means in the Pokemon universe? I certainly hadn’t.

      Not everyone is gonna immediately know what an instance is, or what it does, or what it’s there for

      You know how you might use gmail and your friend might use outlook and you can just email no problem? Like that.

    • Slayan@lemmy.ca
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      5 days ago

      Im a french canadian plumber, nothing scream “have you tried unplugging and pluggin it again” more than that, yet here i am?

      The people still on reddit will die with it, it’s where they made their home and there will always be a reason to stay.