The site is for a reddit subreddit ( r/futurology) making its fediverse migration. We're almost ready to launch, but some people seem to have trouble registering & logging in. Obviously we want to understand why before we open it up.
If anyone wants to help and has a few moments it would be great if you could test joining. If successful, leave a post/comment in the site's meta section. If not, could you leave a comment here, with a description of the problem and any error message. The developer has asked if you have problems with the site, could you try logging in a second time here - https://a.futurology.today/ (it will better track error messages).
I registered and logged in, but it didn't make it easy
After registering, it didn't say anything about verifying the email. When I went to the Login screen, it just did nothing after pressing the 'login' button. After I went to my email and clicked the verification, it came up with a message 'saying Email Verified', and then it let me log in, to a screen that said 'Verify Email'. Obviously, I just had to click on something like 'Communities' to see the main page, but it was a bit odd.
I'm using the Brave browser on an ancient MacBook Air, if that helps.
I don't have a problem with email verification, 'cos I just don't use my main email account for it. I've signed up to 3 instances previously, and 2 of required it fwiw.
But you'll need something to deter bots, if only because other instances will defederate you if too much spam/trolling is coming from your site.
had the same problem and a feature request: old.futurology for the incoming reddit users could be a huge benefit (familiarity)
And maybe add those options (a. & old.) on the side panel with a link for tutorials how to use Lemmy and its apps (maybe make an entire page where you leave the link on the sidebar)
I think guidiance is partly still needed, especcially for people hopping on for a community and not the software
In fairness, I can see why the accusation of being spammy is justified. But to address the issue of scamminess - Although we don't mention the site address yet, here's it being talked about by the Mod Team on r/futurology