Also found in a !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com post by @biltong@piefed.co.za : https://piefed.co.za/c/fedibridge/p/22233/post-on-r-buyfromeu-on-the-recent-surge-of-users-to-piefed
I like the way Voyager does it:
DeltaChat also has a very easy onboarding process: you just put your name, and that's it. The app creates the password in the background and allows you to switch servers easily. That really helps with onboarding new joiners.
Piefed.zip could be a nice default choice. If there are others you see, feel free to suggest.
The problem with your suggestion is that it creates centralization. See Mastodon.social, matrix.org, etc.
The solution, I have posted before, is to ask instances to be opted into a directory, and then present the user with a random suggestion from that list. There should be some basic criteria like uptime and a proper set of rules laid out of course.
Lemmy.ml isn't the largest Lemmy instance
Piefed.social will probably go the same way once rimu decides to shut down the registrations to keep hardware costs manageable.
Your suggestion would be doable if there was another long established, up-to-date , generalist, non-flagship Piefed instance, but as of now I only know Piefed.zip
Piefed.ca is Canadian focused
Blahaj is queer focused
Piefed.world is vastly outdated
Anarchist.nexus is, well, anarchist
It's also not a default instance in any apps that I'm aware of.
As it says in OP, none of that matters.
Isn't Lemmy.ml the default in Jerboa?
I'm not @ada@piefed.blahaj.zone , but I'm quite sure they prefer to avoid waves of new joiners from Reddit signing up on their instance without knowing it's a queer safe space
I used jerboa briefly and it didn't make me use .ml
We have an application process. If they don't show recognition of the fact it's a queer safe space, they don't get approved. We've also got a matrix bot to help trusted users approve signups, so we can handle volume ok as well!
That makes sense
Okay, 1 app. Where is OP from Reddit looking? There's no "Lemmy app". Or "PieFed app". That's what matters.
Then they can opt out.
But then none of the instances I listed above would want to become a "default" instance except Piefed.zip
Again, if you can find me an updated, generalist, long established, non flagship instance besides Piefed.zip, I would be happy, but I don't think there's any unfortunately
Then .zip it is. For now. This is obviously a growing platform, but we should have a plan to decentralize for the future.
I can assure you that as soon as some ready-loaded, well designed and reliable piefed instances emerge that are 'generalist' in purpose I will promote them on piefed.social in an effort to spread the userbase.
The most powerful promotion is having them as the "default instance".
Yes, sure, but I mean I will also be actively trying to get people on piefed.social to also move there lol - not just new users.
i moved to .zip a couple days ago in part for the reason of wanting to spread userbase out a little more, im sure im not the only one willing to bump on over for the health of the network :)
The problem is that both piefed.zip and piefed.world, despite being generalist instances, are secondary to their primary instances (lemmy.world/lemmy.zip). Piefed.world is still on version 1.2.7.
We need a new instance that is run as the primary instance and actively maintained and supporting a local community.
yeah thats fair, i would like to see that too!