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## Accessibility and discoverability issues
There are a number of difficulties users face before discovering the wide pallette of Communities maintained by Session users.
There are a number of difficulties users face before discovering the wide palette of Communities maintained by Session users.
- The app provides little guidance on how to participate in Communities.
- The only in-app Communities are official read-only Communities from the Oxen team.
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- No intuitive way of joining a Community is available.
- Clicking on a Community join link brings the user to a 'Not Found' page in the browser instead of being captured by the app.
- Posting a Community join link in the app provides no invite embed. Invite embeds can only be sent to existing contacts via an unassuming "Invite" feature.
- A seperate web preview at `/r/<room>` does exist for each Community ([example](https://open.getsession.org/r/session)). The Session Open Group Server also has an index page with Communities hosted therein. However, these previews are bare-bones, not very self-explanatory, nor reachable from the app.
- A separate web preview at `/r/<room>` does exist for each Community ([example](https://open.getsession.org/r/session)). The Session Open Group Server also has an index page with Communities hosted therein. However, these previews are bare-bones, not very self-explanatory, nor reachable from the app.
## Current discovery pipeline
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1. Click "Join".
1. (*Optional*) Go back to the main menu only to find the Community hasn't yet shown in the list of open chats.
As you can see, there is room for improvement in the way users discover Session Communities. While developers may have hidden hints of a Community discoverability feature in their roadmap, the truth is that any such feature has very low priority, as do Communities in general. As such, it is likely that we will not see any such feature within 3 years' time.
As you can see, there is room for improvement in the way users discover Session Communities. While developers may have hidden hints of a Community discoverability feature in their roadmap, the truth is that any such feature has very low priority, as do Communities in general. As such, it is likely that we will not see any such feature in the near future.
As Session grows, a feature is needed in the interim to keep the pressure on Communities, keep them evolving and show their true potential. Otherwise, a future discovery method will leave the Communities wholly unprepared to handle waves of new users.
gravel
2 years ago
