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?

  • Blaze (he/him) English
    13•9 days ago

    Text-based forums are a niche. The vast majority of the population doesn’t like that format. There’s a reason no Bluesky has emerged, the appeal is just not there.

    About Bluesky, there was an app that allowed “Reddit view” (so threads with votes). Can’t find it back right now, the search mostly show Flashes, the Instagram alternative, which probably reflects the larger interest for that type of format.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•8 days ago

      The web ui has this option now. Although you can’t collapse threads so it’s still pretty hard to navigate

      If anything the success or the Twitter ui shows you don’t always need a good UX to succeed