On join-lemmy.org, the project is described as “A forum and link aggregator for the Fediverse”. In the previous post, multiple people mentioned that this is not a good description. However I have a hard time coming up with anything better.

So please post your suggestions below, and upvote the ones which are both accurate and easy to understand for new users. Later I pick one of the most upvoted options for the website.

By the way the second title “Follow communities Anywhere in the world” will likely go away (see the pull request for frontpage redesign). After this is decided I may also make another post to get suggestions for the longer description text below (“Lemmy is a selfhosted social link aggregation and discussion platform. …”).

Edit: Please only post concrete suggestions in top-level comments, and use replies to discuss. And here you can see how a few other Fediverse projects do it:

  • FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
    16·
    15 hours ago

    Lemmy is an open-source social network that functions as a global web of independent forums, allowing you to interact with a federation of sites where no single entity holds total control.

    Edit: I think it flows a little better without “next-generation” so I removed it.

    • Nutomic@lemmy.ml
      OPMEnglish
      11·
      12 hours ago

      This one is too long, I would only use the first part:

      Lemmy is an open-source social network that functions as a global web of independent forums

    • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
      71·
      13 hours ago

      I’m not saying your sentence is inaccurate, but send that description to a regular person and it will either cause their eyes to glaze over or cause them to run in the other direction.