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Unfortunately according to my own experience that page is not exactly welcoming for new users. It's just not very clear what it is all about and confusing. The community list page on the other hand is easy to understand and the "Subscribers" stat is convincing.
A lot of people feel the same way. The good news is that there is work underway to imporve https://join-lemmy.org as we speak, hopefully new users will start seeing some improvements there soon!
I wosh we had an alternative site together, so as to avoid newcomers immediately seeing a) lemmygrad and b) that one NSFW instance that bills itself as "shota/loli/cub friendly". That turns people away, understandably, especially because it's not clear from the outset how easy you can avoid interacting with those instances at all, or that the rules and culture between instances can be totally different.
I like using this as an intro guide:
https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/06/11/lemmy-migration-find-subreddits-communities/
Also I generally point people to lemmy.world if you want unrestricted access to everything, and beehaw if you want a tighter, more curated and family friendly experience.