Brand new guides for Lemmy and the Fediverse. Looking for feedback!
Brand new guides for Lemmy and the Fediverse. Looking for feedback!
We've been working on these for some time, and with the recent uptick in signups, we tried to finish up the first few pages so that new users could use them.
You can find them all on fedecan.ca under Guides & Resources. For those that are not familiar, this is the website for the non-profit (Fedecan) that manages lemmy.ca.
We're planning to gather some feedback on the technical Fediverse communities first, before sharing the guides more broadly, in order to catch any issues early.
If you want to add to them, feel free to reach out, and we can help you coordinate if someone else is also working on it.
The new sections:
- What is the Fediverse?
- Getting started with Lemmy
- How does Lemmy work (in detail)
- How to find communities on Lemmy
- Mobile Apps for Lemmy
- Lemmy Alternative UIs
Sections that are incomplete and relevant to new users. We have some work in progress for these, and hope to have them out soon:
- Lemmy Privacy and Security
- How to open something in my instance
- How do I block a user, community, or instance
A previously written section that didn't get posted about yet (thank you to Rooki):
Future plans include
- Guides for Moderators
- Set up a new community (best practices for name, sidebar, image, banner, and getting it federated outwards)
- Moderation Best Practices
- Guides for Admins
- Information on our infrastructure and setup
This is pretty good! One thing I would suggest though is adding a "choosing an instance" subsection to the intro, specially clarifying that some instances are better suited than others for certain people, based on their primary communities.
This is a good point. @Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com I saw that you recently shared some thoughts on that, would you have thoughts on what we should prioritize there?
I'm thinking of swapping the pangora.social line with a link to the new section, where we can
- mention the issue with centralization
- mention what to look for when picking an instance
- link to Pangora's tool and any other ones
There are a few other considerations. For example, linking to a few specific instances might be seen as Fedecan endorsing them / showing preference to them over others. It might be better to continue posting recommendations on Lemmy as @Blaze has been?
Hey,
You can find some thoughts on https://lemmy.ca/post/38787971 / !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
I like it, but I feel it’s a little jargony, especially the first bit.
Your average person has no clue what “open protocol” means.
Good feedback
Do you think it would be better to define it, or use different words entirely?
For example
... because of open standards which is a common language that they all speak. Email providers and...
Really cool! Well done 👍