A proper "beginners guide" shouldn't be this long, IMO. It should just explain what Lemmy is in one sentence (ie, an open source clone of Reddit), and then provide links to one or two large instances with open signups.
kbin and LemmyUX/UI are not beautiful,i like the UI/UX https://alikez.com
Gotta RTFM.
As a subreddit admin considering moving to Lemmy, I stopped reading at:
> If the Sign Up button spins indefinitely after clicking it, the username is already taken. There is currently an issue where the site does not inform you of this and instead stops responding. You can check if a username is taken by searching for that username's profile page at "https://lemmy.world/u/[the-username]" (replace "[the-username]" with the username you want).
Lemmy's down ATM
> # Fediverse ... There are even comments on Lemmy from Mastodon and kbin users! This is the strength of what is called the "Fediverse"
see: [Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances](https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218)
just tested, it's still blocked. And only lemmy.ml does the blocking