HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat's up with all the ads here?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhat's up with all the ads here?HKPiax@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoIf you think that’s unwelcoming, applications are even more so. Most people don’t want to fill out an essay just to be allowed to participate. If I had to fill out an application, I wouldn’t be here, and I’m sure a lot of others wouldn’t be either. That’s not to say that better methods shouldn’t be implemented though.
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAn application doesn’t have to be an essay. Feddit.dk has an application that literally just requires a sentence or two. It’s really not a big barrier to entry.
If you think that’s unwelcoming, applications are even more so. Most people don’t want to fill out an essay just to be allowed to participate.
If I had to fill out an application, I wouldn’t be here, and I’m sure a lot of others wouldn’t be either.
That’s not to say that better methods shouldn’t be implemented though.
An application doesn’t have to be an essay. Feddit.dk has an application that literally just requires a sentence or two. It’s really not a big barrier to entry.