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https://old.reddit.com/r/50501/comments/1jg6r8o/reddit_isnt_safe/mj6qhaw/?context=10000

Already signed up. Got the login verification email, followed through and did the security thing, “type the word from our sidebar below” passed all that and can not login.

I appreciate that but don’t bother. I tried with the instance listed in this post and still got the same login issues even after receiving the email to login and passing the security check etc. I deleted the app. I’ve tried enough times and never had any success so I won’t be trying again.

I think they signed up at 50501.chat.

It’s a shame that Lemmy is missing out on new users just due to signup issues.

  • Dr. Taco@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    137·
    3 days ago

    that unwilling to put in even the most basic effort, I don’t want them here.

    That’s the sort of gatekeeping that keeps a service as a tiny niche forever.

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      186·
      3 days ago

      I would think that my comment makes it obvious, but I’m okay with that. Lemmy is working fine. Piefed and mbin interact with it seamlessly in most cases. Mastodon links up okay.

      Niche is working. Not everything has to be market dominating

      • Draconic NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        41·
        1 day ago

        Niche is working. Not everything has to be market dominating

        I’m sorry but this is one of the more terrible takes I’ve seen people barf out on lemmy an the fediverse as a whole, the idea that “gRoWTh iSN’t iMPoRtaNt bECaUse LEmmY isN’t a cOMpAnY”. The fact is this is a stupid argument because being niche hurts a social media platform’s ability to be a social media, it hinders the amount of interaction you can get, and it stifles more niche communities to the point they can’t even get off the ground at all.

        This whole thing about growth not being important is one of those Fediverse talking points that needs to be shot dead right here, right now.

        Gatekeeping platforms and trying to keep out the “laugh and upvote” crowd is not helping anyone, it’s hurting this platform, because people not getting interaction on their posts, or their communities being dead in the water because not enough if any people here are interested really kills motivation, and is likely part of the reason we saw a dip in Lemmy activity after the initial Reddit API exodus. Why do you want to gatekeep these people so much anyway? Most of them are only going to laugh, upvote, and consume content here, chances are you won’t directly see most of them. Yet they are one of the more important parts of a social media platform since they give it life and energy and activity, that just wouldn’t be anywhere near the same without them.

      • Dr. Taco@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        153·
        3 days ago

        It’s fine for memes, news, and politics…but it’s still pretty lacking in a lot of the smaller and more unique content that made reddit worth visiting regularly.

        As much as you’re okay with it, there’s plenty of people who would like to see federated services grow enough to be established mainstream alternatives. How much complaining has there been that Bluesky took off as as the trendy twitter alternative instead of Mastadon?

        • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          10·
          3 days ago

          I don’t understand the downvotes you got. The same people will complain when a profit driven reddit alternative springs up to take the mainstream while Lemmy remains niche because they wanted a kind of exclusive club. Being unfriendly to the user is a recipe for failure.

          On the flip side, the biggest forum on the internet being shared, distributed and owned by its’ users would be an incredible win.

    • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
      124·
      3 days ago

      There is a difference between someone keeping a gate, and someone not caring enough to learn how to open a latch on a gate.

      The user from the post could have asked if anyone knew why it wasn’t working, asked for help, tried a different instance, googled the reason why that might be occurring, tried a different browser, or any number of things, but instead they just hit the first speed bump and decided to get out of the car.

      For that user to have been gate kept, they would have had to have asked a lemmy user for help, to which the lemmy user refused to help them. This did not happen. The only person remotely gate keeping that user is themselves.

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
        31·
        2 days ago

        The user from the post could have asked if anyone knew why it wasn’t working, asked for help

        The user did do this. That’s what their comments are. The problem is that their comments were not seen by the appropriate people (the instance admins) before they got frustrated and gave up.

        • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          Hmmm, I don’t see them asking for help there myself.

          I see them making statements that they don’t know how it works and that they tried once or twice, but not asking for help explicitly, because I don’t think they wanted help as shown by how that conversation goes.

          When someone actually starts asking them some questions, unprompted, to try troubleshooting, the user comes back with:

          “I appreciate that but don’t bother. I tried with the instance listed in this post and still got the same login issues even after receiving the email to login and passing the security check etc. I deleted the app. I’ve tried enough times and never had any success so I won’t be trying again.”

          So the moment someone offered them help they did not ask for, they turned it down immediately.