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		I may be out of date, but last I looked there was a push to rotate the "default" through servers with open sign-ups and reasonable policies to prevent one server ruling them all