I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I’m a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It’s definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it’s great to see something that isn’t Reddit growing in popularity!

  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Mine is just letting me search in the second icon from the left across many instances, I don’t know if that’s all instances. But sorting by all posts on the home page I’ve been able to get more communities and instances

    • Hammy@lemmy.oneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been doing the same, but the search seems hit or miss. I’ve found some good communities through the search (like this one), but some that I know exist don’t show up. That being said, I appreciate the functionality the app provides!

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        This is an incomplete understanding as I’m new too, but I think that if you know it exists and have the URL, you can search for the URL itself to find that community.

        And in doing so, I think it makes your instance aware of the specific community, so that in future other members of your instance can search with a simpler term and not need the URL.

        Over time, most instances should become aware of most communities. I think…