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| ▲ | 8organicbits 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Checking the Mastodon app, new users are asked to "Join mastodon.social" or "pick another server". If you just mindlessly click the primary button, you'll get an account on mastodon.social so I think the server selection challenge has largely been addressed. |
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| ▲ | notpushkin 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | This does solve the problem, although I do hope it doesn’t turn into another Bluesky this way. | | |
| ▲ | xethos 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I may be out of date, but last I looked there was a push to rotate the "default" through servers with open sign-ups and reasonable policies to prevent one server ruling them all |
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| ▲ | Gigachad 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| There's also the problem where selecting the server is quite a consequential choice which users who are brand new have no way to make a proper choice on. The owner of the server you choose has access to all of your data and the ability to delete your account or shut down the server at any time. |
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| ▲ | nine_k 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| A sensible default should be preselected. E.g. the geographically closest, not overloaded server. |
