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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29182109

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[–] Snoopy@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes but the problem is the centralization and they may want an instance with their own language and culture. I think LW is too big and should be redistributed to other instance. But it is also a good starting pack. :)

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Replacing LW with another option works too.

I strongly believe any discussion around federation/centralization should be avoided when bringing in new users. They will figure it out themselves and if they feel like it make adjustments accordingly.

[–] Snoopy@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

You are right we shouldn't explain federation. But tell them for example with PieFed, they can watch peertube video, comment to mastodon group...but not federation. For me, it is the strongest point of the fediverse.

As for the instance, it would be great if they have an instance picker : what are your language ? Favorite topic ? Then give them several instance.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

join-lemmy.org has such an instance picker.

[–] Snoopy@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 4 days ago

Yep exactly that would be fairer and more equitable that way :)

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 1 points 4 days ago

I strongly believe any discussion around federation/centralization should be avoided when bringing in new users. They will figure it out themselves and if they

I disagree. Most won't.

It's better to tell them about federation and decentralization before they join and start asking why there are duplicate communities with the same name (I've seen people asking similar questions about the absolute basics of federation here before in some communities). Not in detail, but enough to give them the basic idea.

And if they find it "difficult", then we already prevented someone from wasting storage space when they would leave the fediverse after a few days anyway.