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I don’t understand people who say they can’t figure out Lemmy or KBin (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by metic@lemmy.world to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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Does federation have a bit of a learning curve? No doubt.

Is Lemmy buggy as heck? Absolutely.

But I don’t think that really justifies a lot of the comments I’m seeing in Reddit alternatives threads that it’s hard to figure out. The front page feed and sort options are very similar to Reddit. Searching for same-instance communities is not too difficult. Posting, commenting, and voting are all quite intuitive. What’s the problem?

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[–] spark947@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I asked someone who wrote a huge reddit post about it, and they responded with "idk, I just looked at it and didn't get it."

I think people are just resistant to change, and only want a system that they think is 100% a clone. Honestly, IDK how you look at lemmy and don't think it looks like reddit, but I guess it is just that browse local is the default option. I guess browse all should be the the default for now, but I actually like browsing by local first to see what is going on in my local instance before looking at the rest of the fediverse.

[–] tal@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I asked someone who wrote a huge reddit post about it, and they responded with "idk, I just looked at it and didn't get it."

UI labs record a person trying to use something for the first time so they can see what they get stuck on. Like, mouse movements, clicks, even eye-tracking.

Not saying that the Lemmy or kbin devs should be doing that right now, as they've got full plates. Or that Reddit did this. But understanding where and why people get stuck is a big part of working on UIs.

[–] Wyrdletini@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It’s the UI that trips me up on KBin. It’s probably a lot easier for people using a desktop to navigate. But from mobile, it’s frustrating when I tap what I believe should be a button and it isn’t actually a button. The navigation of KBin.social is less intuitive to me than the navigation of Lemmy.world. Also, yeah, “magazine” is not an intuitive term.

[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

I can't either, but I'm also on the border of don't care and actively glad. Maybe there won't be such an Eternal September here. That would be a win.

[–] Starfish@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

when you are used to reddit its not easy to make yourself feel at home in fediverse. The Lemmy themes dont look to good on widescreens.
I can recommend kbin with rounded corners + Stylus add-on with "kbin-it theme" activated.

[–] supermurs@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

There's a bit of learning curve for sure, but people shouldn't overthink the federation aspect too much. At least here on Kbin there is plenty of content already.

[–] HorseFD@lemmy.buzz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The people who are still in the Reddit Alternatives subreddit still haven't moved over yet. You're looking at a subset of people who haven't made the move, not everyone.

[–] OpenStars@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Many of us have both made an account here, and also still make comments there. It's possible to do both:-).

[–] eleitl@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I unsubbed there yesterday. When you got the message, hang up the phone ;)

[–] OpenStars@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

(The call is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!:-P)

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