We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
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@renwillis well, there's the trending timeline, too (already recommending accounts and hashtags).
@sunnythesheep @Mastodon trending isn’t bad, but that’s not “my feed” / “my timeline” and it’s been a major complaint about mastodon when I chat with folks who gave up. An empty feed.
Hashtags essentially work the same as the Bluesky feeds to follow. They are just “topics”. Hit folks with a list of The Big Ones they can follow and get that feed going!
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Danke! Haben Interesse bekundet.
@mainz_sozial_digital
Mainz meine Perle!
Holt mal die stadtverwaltung auf eure instance, ist ja peinlich wie die auf mastodon.social rumdümpeln…GaLiGrü und weiter so mit der guten Arbeit!
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@andypiper @Mastodon Okay.
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Starting now, we’re recruiting general purpose servers with open sign-ups. To be eligible, servers must:
- Run default Mastodon (for now)
- Agree to the Server Covenant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans4/6
@Mastodon Open sign-ups? Won't we just get spam from more servers? (Most of our reports are of mastodon.social accounts for this reason).
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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Would you please like to focus your attention on the issue of encryption, please. Currently you are building a network with servers that do not encrypt user data and do not offer e2ee for private messages. This will explode into a gigantic privacy catastrophe when Mastodon will get it´s endless November, so these heavy design issues must be solved before that.
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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@Mastodon Geographically by server location or by area served? Cause in some cases that's pretty wildly different.
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@Mastodon Please switch from G***** docs or give us an alternative.
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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@Mastodon we could deal with the form being on Google, but it requires a Google account to fill it, which our instance admin doesn't have. I'm pretty sure this is configurable
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@mainz_sozial_digital
Mainz meine Perle!
Holt mal die stadtverwaltung auf eure instance, ist ja peinlich wie die auf mastodon.social rumdümpeln…GaLiGrü und weiter so mit der guten Arbeit!
️@sebzuen Dankeschön für die lieben Worte
️ Wir werden uns bemühen sie von mastodon.social auf eine andere Instanz zu bekommen!
Wir können uns da alternativ zu unserer eigenen Instanz aber auch ganz gut eine Instanz des Landes RLP oder auch der Stadt selbst vorstellen.
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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@Mastodon good, finely starting to address this wider issue https://hamishcampbell.com/the-problem-of-too-big-mastodon/
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@Mastodon Open sign-ups? Won't we just get spam from more servers? (Most of our reports are of mastodon.social accounts for this reason).
@Matt_Noyes
Yeah, if by open sign-ups they mean you can sign up without admin approval, then this requirement is either hilariously stupid or purposely crafted so that they can exclude most, if not all, other servers except mastodon.social and then just return to the current status quo.I'd so much like to apply Hanlon's on this, but given how long it took them to start working on this...
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Starting now, we’re recruiting general purpose servers with open sign-ups. To be eligible, servers must:
- Run default Mastodon (for now)
- Agree to the Server Covenant
- Have existed for 1+ year
- Have shut-down & disaster plans4/6
@Mastodon I’m not a server owner or administrator, but could you clarify the term “open sign-up”? Many servers do not automatically approve new accounts to reduce malicious bot signups.
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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@Mastodon What would be great is to be able to see more than one server in the app, merged into a single feed...
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The Default Server Recommendations experiment is a first step in reimagining how Mastodon onboarding & server discovery work.
Our team’s intent is to work with the community to build new onboarding pathways that support the entire network.
We can’t wait to get started
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@Mastodon I suggest a rule:
That the number of servers that defederate this specific server in her language is low.
To prevent toxic server.
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If you’re interested in participating in this experiment, please let us know by filling out this form.
(sorry it’s in Google docs)
https://forms.gle/7uRui5VnMPfEYAgq8
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@Mastodon can we have something like a quota? Not to overflow a small instance?
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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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@Mastodon This is lovely, thank you so much!
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@sebzuen Dankeschön für die lieben Worte
️ Wir werden uns bemühen sie von mastodon.social auf eine andere Instanz zu bekommen!
Wir können uns da alternativ zu unserer eigenen Instanz aber auch ganz gut eine Instanz des Landes RLP oder auch der Stadt selbst vorstellen.
@mainz_sozial_digital
Ich könnte mir auch gut vorstellen, dass ihr die Instanz betreibt/moderiert und die Stadt Mainz euch lieb fördert🫢 -
@WestLawns@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social its so Poles can get recommended Polish instances, Germans German instances etc etc
@tragivictoria @WestLawns @Mastodon I prefer to forget about borders at least here.
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The Default Server Recommendations experiment is a first step in reimagining how Mastodon onboarding & server discovery work.
Our team’s intent is to work with the community to build new onboarding pathways that support the entire network.
We can’t wait to get started
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@Mastodon I’d be interested if it didn’t require open reg. Reality is, opening up registration creates a massive headache. I’d like to see us get a trial signup mode where someone can join still use the service but be in a read only state until approved. Would solve the drop off problem registration reasons cause.
