Initially I did not read the top part of your post and instantly went to the first bold text which was “Why no explain what federation is?” thinking it was a sarcastic title.
With so much information online people develop shortcuts to read as little as possible. Skipping to the bold headlines is step one for me.
But there are also mistakes. Your comment implies the other instances are no supported by apps. Furthermore the entire notion that an instance is centered on a continent or country is reductive.
There should imo always only be a single instance recommended. Not two or three, to start off throw them in somewhere relatively stable and federated with the rest so they can make up their own minds.
Not only the initial wave. The hurdle to sign up and understand what an instance is is so big that 90% of Lemmy users will be programmers.
The sign up page should obfuscate all the noise about “instances” away.
https://lemmy.world/post/25308391 ?
Where is the “I accept license agreement” button because nobody is reading all of that.
Nobody is reading a 5 lines comment?
Initially I did not read the top part of your post and instantly went to the first bold text which was “Why no explain what federation is?” thinking it was a sarcastic title.
With so much information online people develop shortcuts to read as little as possible. Skipping to the bold headlines is step one for me.
But there are also mistakes. Your comment implies the other instances are no supported by apps. Furthermore the entire notion that an instance is centered on a continent or country is reductive.
There should imo always only be a single instance recommended. Not two or three, to start off throw them in somewhere relatively stable and federated with the rest so they can make up their own minds.