Hi, can anyone point me to discussions or e.g. working groups focusing on user experience aspects of Lemmy?

I’m new to Lemmy but have been working in non-profit tech for many years.

Currently, my day job is in UX, broadly speaking. As a volunteer gig I’m looking to help a local group that’s investigating the pros and cons of spinning up Fediverse instance(s). My focus is on the question of how we could help people in our town get signed up and using these services fluently.

Lemmy seems like a good candidate platform (to me) for meeting some of our group’s needs. So I’m keen to get up to speed with the state of play (current priorties, known issues, plans and work in progress) in terms of making it as user-friendly as possible. I may have also capacity to contribute skills and time to these aspects of the larger Lemmy project. Where can I read about the current goals and plans? Who are the people bringing UX tools and human-centred design to Lemmy and how can I reach them?

Thanks!

  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    I’m not sure how easy it is to get to contribute to Lemmy, they are very big and have to move slow not to break things fo very many users.

    I’m part of PieFed https://join.piefed.social/ which is still very small and fast to implement changes. The developers meet in a matrix chat and we know we have a lot to fix when it comes to UX and are eager to work with people knowledgable in this field.

    If you’re interested and have some time over I would introduce you to the other guys.

    • sarahsquirrel@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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      8 hours ago

      I agree with your caution against moving fast and breaking things!

      I think that user-centred design tools can be very useful for big projects and existing services as well as small projects in development :)