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This web based onboarding UX for #Piefed is perilously close to my suggestion as to how to fix fediverse onboarding that I made back in June.
(IIt seems to lack round robin in place, but other than that, it has a simple, single main choice clearly featured UX placement, but with an offramp to a more complex wizard for those who want one)
cc: @rimu
https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/24/the-seven-deadly-fediverse-ux.html
These seem to be very good ideas. The rotating first instance is exactly perfect. The onboarding problem is terrible. I persisted in that state til I got an invite from a friend. It's a kinda fatal problem I think.
For #2: some "suggested possible follows", they could be bot accounts. Possum Every Hour! Weird Real estate! Etc. Easy practice, you'll have SOMETHING to read. Even a friendly dumb "official" bot.
I'm hoping to maximize the dispersal of new user across all the instances so wanted to keep other options visible from the beginning.
Can't wait to roll this out more widely. A key part of it is that it's built-in to every #PieFed instance, not a separate web site. So it's power comes from everyone being on board.
A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate
