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I appreciate that but don’t bother. I tried with the instance listed in this post and still got the same login issues even after receiving the...

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34943166

https://old.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1jg6r8o/reddit_isnt_safe/mj6qhaw/?context=10000

Already signed up. Got the login verification email, followed through and did the security thing, “type the word from our sidebar below” passed all that and can not login.

I appreciate that but don’t bother. I tried with the instance listed in this post and still got the same login issues even after receiving the email to login and passing the security check etc. I deleted the app. I’ve tried enough times and never had any success so I won’t be trying again.

I think they signed up at 50501.chat.

It’s a shame that Lemmy is missing out on new users just due to signup issues.

  • dryfter@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    This is my big problem with the Fediverse right now, not just Lemmy but Mastodon as well. Signing up is confusing as hell, finding the same communities as what we’re used to on Reddit on Lemmy is borderline impossible when presented with the same communities across each instance. I follow several Politics communities and then I get a home page with multiple posts of the same link but different communities.

    Grandma and Grandpa are on Facebook and Reddit because it’s dead simple to create an account on both and find communities. They ain’t coming to Lemmy without significant changes to the sign up processes. They don’t care about centralized vs decentralized, is it as easy as what I’m trying to replace?

  • Enub22@50501.chatEnglish
    6·
    8 days ago

    I had to wait until I got approved by the admin. Maybe that’s what the problem is.

    • AarynBlack@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      Same here. Then it glitched when I tried to verify my email, but after a couple tries it worked.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    8 days ago

    Sounds like Voyager confused them. I didn’t find it intuitive either. I tried a bunch of apps and then came back to the regular web UI.

    • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      8 days ago

      I can’t help but think that the web UI should always be the point of entry, and apps should enter the user experience at a later stage.

      If not, users won’t understand what platform they are actually using, and they will inevitably get confused at some point when something does not work the way it should. Even if the app is perfect now and everything works, an update to Lemmy could still break something.

      Then again, I’m a fan of web UIs in general, and I’m terribly old fashioned.