This is the right answer! 👍
Something like this, perhaps?
It shows what's hot across all communities on Lemmy.world, which is a pretty big instance, as far as I know. If they're interested in joining a Lemmy server, they could probably join Lemmy.world, but they may wish to try a different one. In that case, the following is a good place to start.
https://join-lemmy.org/instances
Hope that helps.
It's not an instance, but what about https://join-lemmy.org/ ?
Personally I'd probably link people directly to their "Join a Server" page so they don't get scared off by all the talk of hosting your own instance!
This is a very good idea, because new users will be very confused when picking an instance. Many people will fear picking the wrong instance (and some will stop and not pick an instance at all). Even though on Lemmy it really does not matter that much on what instance you are.
We probably need a basic politically correct, partisan explanation of differences between major instances on a main page. If hosts are willing, maybe even some basic details about their situation, experience, and intentions. With all the instances, it would be ideal if the potential new user could clearly see stuff like the host's projected ability to scale. If you've got a home lab, scaling is very different than if you're running the instance on Akamai. Maybe also note if the host has other federated services they host.
Well, since the benchmark is reddit, something like the below would likely be the best
Tell them to look at the communities tab 😉
Hey thanks for the great website. Are you able to make it search on button click instead of after each character is typed? There is a large amount of lag for me on mobile while trying to type, leading to lots of typos.
Yeah absolutely this was on my mind last night! Another person created a Bug on my GitHub already https://github.com/tgxn/lemmy-explorer/issues/33
I'll implement it soon :D
It depends on who I'm talking to, some people I'd just link to https://join-lemmy.org/instances
But others I'd probably link to beehaw.org, lemme.world, sh.itjust.works if I think they'd prefer seeing something like "r/all"
kbin.social <- take the easy path. Fight me!
I've sent a whole bunch of people to Lemmy.ca from local contacts. There's enough hockey content that it works for anyone I know here.
They rolled their eyes so hard when I tried to explain Mastodon I'm not even going to try. Your friends don't federate and if they don't federate then they're no friends of mine...
thanks for using Leebra!
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I'd send them a link to the instance I'm hosting lol. If I weren't, I'd probably direct them to join-lemmy.org with the explanation that any instance showcased there is probably good enough.
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