It is shaping up very nicely! One more nitpick: cloud that button say something like ‘Join Lemmy (instance name)’?
So that any fool understands what it does. Join instance name has the potential to confuse some people, because they don’t know what joining instance name means - especially if some instance is chosen which name is more on the cryptic site.
But anyway, very nice!
Ok so I think it would be best to have two ways: One really completely foolproof way, where the user does not need to know a single thing about the technologies involved. 0 upfront homework for the user.
And then a second way for users willing to take the time to do a ‘manual setup’.
I created an AI slop clickable mockup real quick as it’s easier to bring the idea across than describing it with lots of words. This only covers the foolproof way.
https://jsfiddle.net/da9m4nuq/
The main idea being to remove all possible friction for users who are the opposite of tech savvy - which imo are the absolute majority of all users.
The tricky part is preselecting a server for them. This will probably need a more or less manually curated list of servers which most people will be okay with - so no extreme opinions, not technical, big enough so they don’t seem empty on first sight. Done in such a way that the people get more or less equally distributed, so we don’t create one centralized instance.
But I think it is crucial to remove any friction for the users. Don’t let them do homework before they even know what Lemmy is and if it’s worth it at all.
Ask chatgpt what the best way to go about it would be. I’m sure it’ll save you a ton of time!