Thought that I would start off my first post in this place by getting this off my chest. In case anyone is wondering why more people haven’t flocked to Lemmy yet, this has been my experience so far.

Last night I decided to give this place a shot and sign up, just to be met with a join page that was mostly unresponsive and didn’t want to load anything. I ended up giving up and going to bed but thankfully by the morning, the web page had listed the possible servers for me to join.

So, especially after my experience the night before, I thought that the server that has in its description “recommended for users to join this server to reduce load” was a good start.

Then it came to looking for apps. I thought that the app with the description “made by Lemmy devs” would pair well with the server recommended to new users. Only to find that the server that I joined isn’t even listed in the app when I try to sign in. And that manually typing it does nothing but give “server error” responses as well.

So now here I am, typing this from my laptop, wondering how many other people try to join this platform and give up after the first couple of hoops that need jumping through first. I’m hoping that eventually I will find the right server and app combo to give me an actual complete, working experience but so far my experience here has been a little bit ridiculous.

Anyway, glad I got that off my chest. Hi Lemmy, just a Reddit refugee hoping to make a home here, once I’ve got this absolute circus of trying to get going here in the first place behind me.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    So while it’s good to spread server load, for a new user it’s also good to just land on a reliable server and then I’d suggest move to another server once you’re familiar with Lemmy if you find a server you prefer. You’ll already find a lot of content has been federated in locally on established servers.

    I’d suggest Lemmy.ee, Lemmy.world, Lemmy.ml, of sh.itjust.works . There are also good regional servers like feddit.uk, and Lemmy.ca and similar non-english servers.

    In terms of apps, I use Boost which is pretty much identical to the old Reddit version.

    You should be able to log in to any server on most apps, so it may be that the server you’ve picked is a little flaky or difficult to reach?