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People need to realize you can use alternatives
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this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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I agree with this. Why should you have to write an essay to join a server which communites you might not even chose to interact with? Completely ridiculous
if you don't wanna apply, then don't apply, simple as that, just join one of the generic ones without an approval process.
the application requirement exists for a reason: many communities only want certain kind of people in their server, if you're not a match, and you know it, then why bother even trying or complaining about it? find another one that's your match because you aren't their match either.
Lemmy is worthless without users. We need people to switch from reddit to lemmy. If you get new users to belive that lemmy is not like reddit, they won't switch. Making you write an essay to join a server will get the average person thinking that joining a server is a big deal and mak the conclusion that lemmy will be fragmented and not like reddit and promptly quit making an account on any server. You seem to have a lot of faith in people being willing to understand how lemmy works but the average person will not be idealistic and only check to see if it can be a replacement for reddit. Your mindset is activley killing lemmy and I want lemmy to grow. Your asshole attitude isn't helping you make your point either.
Not to mention that even after you do the essay, it takes forever to get approval on a lot of places. I signed up on lemmy.one first, and couldn't log in for a long time...then signed up at beehaw.org. My lemmy.one account finally became active yesterday, while my beehaw.org one still hasn't been activated, and it's been 3 days.
Just curious, what’s the point of having an account at multiple? I was under the impression you could use one anywhere to use it everywhere.