2023-04-20 23:49 UTC
@feditips@mstdn.social You're right that it's a risk of centralization, but OTOH it's hard to expect users to make a decision about their server before even knowing what that is and what are the implications.
Maybe the app could suggest one of 3-5 top servers at random?
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@manuel@iosdev.space 2023-04-21 08:55
@kornel@mastodon.social @feditips@mstdn.social Fully agree! Plus, it is fairly straightforward to move between servers, right? So why not just let mastodon.social (or another random “top server”) serve as a “lobby” for those new to the fediverse (to quickly overcome the *very real* barrier of entry of having to pick a server in advance) and then, after a while, proactively encourage users to move on to more specialized communities once they’ve had a chance to get a hang of things ‘round here? 🤔