Any amount of the use of words like "instance" or "federated" just confuse people. "Cognitive overhead" is the perfect phrase for this issue.

In the RedditAlternatives sub you can find the most hilarious responses to "I don't understand lemmy, it's way too complicated!". Quickly someone will respond with "It's not complicated at all..." then proceeds to type out a paragraph of instructions and FAQs without a hint of irony.

Like you said, users just want to hit the ground running. They don't care if your using php/asp/vbb/[insert a multitude of framework names here]..decentralized, partially centralized...they just don't want to know.

For the record I do like Lemmy, but I'm a sucker for novel implementations.

Are people really struggling to sign up for KBin/Lemmy. The act of subscribing to magazines is a bit confusing but signing up was like any other of the hundreds of websites at this point. Sign up, browse the front page, click in, comment. No more complicated than Reddit.

I think it needs a centralized client that can read all the instace is a easy way like how rss feeds work.

Humans love taking the path of least resistance. It's tempting to trust whatever ChatGPT says, especially if you are a young student. Getting burned and learning the hard way is how most students are going to learn this lesson, just like any other lesson in life.

Being efficient and being lazy are rubbing up against each other with LLMs. A lot of blurred cognitive lines with this budding technology.

I agree. I'm not aware of a single sub that has wholesale moved to a lemmy instance. There's def a big increase in fediverse usage, but to say entire communities have migrated already is beyond hyperbole, it's just marketing speak.

startrek, piracy are two that have migrated

There are new posts and comments in both subreddits. How can you migrate a sub when other people on reddit can still use it?

>How can you migrate a sub when other people on reddit can still use it?

there were still people on Digg for over a decade after the "digg migration". I think you're taking the term a bit too literally.

besides, migrations in software work the same way. You don't cold turkey drop the old tools. You make bridges, start weaning people on new tools, and phase out the old. That's the concept behind deprecation models.

No subreddit can fully move. Reddit is too popular for everyone to leave. A mod can start a new place but if they threaten the the sub itself like going private or not allowing posts the company can just open it with new mods.

Supposedly a good handful of piracy subs have motioned for movements due to takeovers by Reddit, though thats the only community I know of so far.

I remember vividly when the digg exodus happened, I don't ever remember a single person complaining that reddit, nor digg, were too technical/difficult to understand/use.

Both sites you simply clicked the register link, input your username/pass/email then done. The fediverse does not have a clean onboarding that lends itself to comprehension by a regular non-technical person. It seems way over the head of your average user. I've tried to get friends to check out Lemmy and it's a solid no-go.

If you need an entire matrix of understanding of a concept before feeling comfortable to use it then it is simply too much cognitive friction.

> Both sites you simply clicked the register link, input your username/pass/email then done.

Which lemmy site have you used that was any more difficult than that? Click sign up, enter a username and password, and then you're done.

Life is too short to stay miserable, OP. You launched a startup that has lasted 4+ years, that in and of itself is a huge accomplishment. I've had several startups fail over 20 years and each was a it's own heavy learning experience.

You've gotten much further than most ever will. Good work aqui!

Thanks! I try to stay as positive as possible, and looking forward to the new opportunities that'll appear.

There is always what’s next for people who don’t finish learning and experimenting .. and consequently peaking.

Keep moving, Inward onward and upward

Nice site! Very clean/fast UI with a novel conceptualization, bookmarking it as I write this.

The design was probably inspired by the Letterform Archive's relatively new site https://oa.letterformarchive.org/?searchText=graphic

https://letterformarchive.org/news/the-online-archive-is-now...

Apple's own Books app was a famous example of moving the physical bookshelf to the screen. Strangely enough I can only find a handful of screenshots of it: http://thatkeith.com/articles/digital-skeuomorphism/

Technically the screenshot you’ve linked to is the iOS 5 newsstand: https://www.cnet.com/culture/how-to-get-started-with-ios-5s-...

But yes, iBooks did start with the same design: https://www.redmondpie.com/ibooks-3.0-all-set-to-be-announce...

You hit the nail on the head. There are different motivations for different roles within the same company, sometimes those motivations clash internally, all the while each individual IS acting completely logically from their own unique perspectives.

That was a show-stopper for me. I have so many 4k UHD files that play beautifully on plex but not so hot on jellyfin. I support jellyfin though, there needs to be competition in this space so plex doesn't run away with the 'ball'.

I've given jellyfin a test-drive a few years ago, it was nice but I ended up back with plex. Thanks for the link (and thanks to those who compiled it!). Enumerating all the potential security issues is important for something that runs 24/7 from the home network. That's a decent sized list, would give me pause on giving JF another test run.

I've read several comments here on HN from so called "insiders" over the last few months that old.reddit.com is going to go away this year. They already shutdown i.reddit.com for mobile users so I tend to believe that old.reddit is next.