Passwords can't be longer than 20char. It's a bug. Also don't enter an email when trying to join initially, if you can. The UI waits for the email to send before returning. Another known bug.
Self plug: come join on https://reddthat.com. We currently don't have email requirements, or any "forms" to fill out before you join.
:)
This has to be a bad joke.
> Also don't enter an email when trying to join initially, if you can. The UI waits for the email to send before returning
Sorry, this is supposed to be a viable alternative to Reddit?
> This has to be a bad joke.
There are plenty of rough edges, that the community is finding.
> Sorry, this is supposed to be a viable alternative to Reddit?
It is an alternative that removes a problem that Reddit users were facing. Lack of Control. It gives control back to the users. I wouldn't say it's perfect but if a person doesn't want a company being completely in control of everything relating to that platform. The fediverse is that solution
Based on your reply, it's clear that lemmy will never be anything other than an afterthought.
This isn't a VC startup. This isn't even funded i believe. Why the hostility?
2) My general frustration with FOSS projects having zero interest in good UX/UI design, resulting in a lack of prioritization for basic stuff like this
Like, if Lemmy has no interest in being a viable option to most people, then fine. People just need to stop pretending that it is.
Sure, but i think viable is in the eye of the beholder. In this case it's bleeding edge software not even 1.0 yet, with a massive influx of sudden, demanding users, and no dedicated employees or income (i think). I'd counter that people need to set their expectations accordingly.
For those people unable to deal with reality on this subject Reddit still exists. Stay on it if you want VC polish and the funding that requires. No one is out here making purposefully bad software.
Your frustrations seem better spent on individuals arguing everyone move to Lemmy than it is Lemmy (devs) directly. Stay on Reddit, it sounds like you prefer the VC experience. There's nothing wrong with that.
The FOSS devs are just doing the best they can with the time and resources they have.
It is currently being worked on through a grant from https://nlnet.nl/
https://lemmy.ml/comment/479066
> When our open source grant from NLNet runs out at the end of this year, we will have to switch to full community funding, probably via yearly funding drives. Currently we only have two full-time devs, @nutomic@lemmy.ml and I, but could potentially add more to our little worker coop as we grow.
> ...
> For the past three years dessalines and I have been funded to work on Lemmy full-time by generous support from the NLnet foundation. These donations are paid out when we implement certain new features. But now we are busy answering questions, reviewing pull requests and urgentlyfixing problems. That means we are unable to work on the milestones agreed with NLnet, and won’t receive payments from them. We are increasingly reliant on user donations to pay our bills. These donations currently add up to 1500 Euros per month, which is not even enough to pay minimum wage for the two of us. Hopefully more users can consider donating, so that we can put our full attention to making Lemmy better for everyone, and possibly add more developers to our worker co-op in the future.
What is your personal gripe against Lemmy? Lemmy is a FOSS project developed by volunteers. The instances are run by volunteers for fun. It may become something or may not become anything. But the people developing and maintaining Lemmy will have fun regardless, I'm sure.
And all that hard work and fun is offered as a gift to you and me if we want to join one of their instances. You and I don't have to. But that option is there as a gift. Why are you so angry with this gift? If you don't like it, don't use it!
What have they been doing since 2019?
Your ToS mentions Australian law so going to guess I am just as unwelcome here as everywhere else
But it would need to be heavily moderated. There are already some "trees" communities. Subscribing to them from our instance I wouldn't have a problem with
Edit: position: no, unless we get other moderators and admins we can trust. Currently it's just 2 people doing admin n moderation. Having a community like that may be a lot more involved that I would want to be.
I am not using auto-generated passwords. Like I said the browser is not sending any request at all to the server.
I noticed there's a web socket connection and when you submit the info goes there (not a separate request). Then the client gets something about a captcha and the spinner spins forever.
I tried again using view desktop site (on Firefox Android) and then it worked but still anything but a smooth intuitive process for now it seems.
What helped in my case: Picking another username. It's possible that somehow it handles existing username errors weirdly which leads to the infinite spinner.
1. Too long username
2. Username contains _
3. Too long password
All three cause "spinning forever" problem without any notification what the problem actually was.
Yeah, not the best sign up experience, I'll tell you that much. Apparently other people around here have noticed other ways for the signup process to fail.