I feel like Lemmy needs to make the signup process easier. I shouldn't need to hunt down an open community to register under. At least give people an option to default to a community like @lemm.ee (which sounds like it never closes registration) otherwise the site could lose people due to mere confusion. Example: I tried registering under the Linux portion of lemmy.ml, but was told I couldn't because registration was closed. Had I not gone to Lemm.ee and tried, I would've simply moved on with the thought of "too confusing".

I'm open to the idea that I'm way off base with how Lemmy works, though I think that kind of frames the issue I'm getting at - familiarity & ease of understanding.

Most of humanity will die, but maybe some will live! /s