Definitely not critical. As you said, familiarity can be quite important in a genus-differentia kind of way. For me it definitely was: being familiar to Reddit I could think that Lemmy is just like it but better. Same with Twitter and Mastodon.
murd0x
joined 3 weeks ago
The point is there is no clear path to use lemmy.. Just because there are so many options.
Just like going for the first time to a Starbucks and asking for a coffee. Some people just want a coffee.. Not the whole headache of choosing.
In this regard, probably a paragraph saying :"here, try this server - it's fast because it's not overcrowded (or any other reason, if any), and try this client - find it on your favourite app store"
This offers the user a baseline for his experience. After he gets the hang of it, when he feels prepared to try the other options, he can do it at his own pace. Not needing to figure out too many things before even trying.
Don't get me wrong, I'm really hoping this will overthrow proprietary platforms, but right now this is my two cents on onboarding. Cheers
This only states the multiple ways of how one can use lemmy, but neither envisions how one should use it. And vision is important for the non technical user, especially when exploring new grounds, because vision makes him go further. Not infinite overwhelming possibilities, technicalities and potential headaches. It's simple or it's complicated.
It's not art. Expanding the sense of the word to all kinds of nonsensical phenomena is both damaging art and artists as well.
I take the liberty of a personal definition of art, or if not definition, at least prerequisites for something to be considered art, and that is that art must be made by the hand of the artist and that it's conception must include deliberate thought/mental process of the artist. It may not be the best definition, but I consider it to be good enough to draw a definite line between Michelangelo and the internet lady who vlogs about the art of tying your shoelaces or some similar shit.