We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.

coriopsicologia@mastodon.social

@Mastodon I suggest a rule:

That the number of servers that defederate this specific server in her language is low.

To prevent toxic server.

henry@badly.co

@Mastodon can we have something like a quota? Not to overflow a small instance?

agnes@pdx.social

@Mastodon This is lovely, thank you so much!

sebzuen@toot.community

@mainz_sozial_digital
Ich könnte mir auch gut vorstellen, dass ihr die Instanz betreibt/moderiert und die Stadt Mainz euch lieb fördert🫢

ellaw@exquisite.social

@tragivictoria @WestLawns @Mastodon I prefer to forget about borders at least here.

troy@opencoaster.net

@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.

zotheca@mementomori.social

@Mastodon Very good. Sometimes one got the impression that Fediverse was finished, but it reads as if we have started something whose future is yet to come.

quaff@thecanadian.social

@Mastodon does "open sign-up" include required approval for sign-ups as well?

waltertross@mastodon.online

@Mastodon
just remember that "the correct language" is just a guess and may be wrong. Plus, for many users there may be 2, 3, or more "correct languages".

contrasocial@mastodon.social

@andrewblasco @Mastodon

It's a double edged sword. Yes, mastodon.social is large and unweildy, but as the default it kept me from ignorantly joining a toxic instance like beigeparty. I'm for change, but it's yet to be seen how this plays out in practice.

A better solution might be something like an official introductory instance where you get 6 months to get your footing and then it prompts you to migrate and gives you a selection of vetted servers. Like pushing a baby bird out of the nest.

robtherunt@cupoftea.social

@sebzuen @Mastodon
Not heard of Framaforms. I was going to suggest using https://cryptpad.fr/ which also has a forms offering.

matt@oslo.town

@Mastodon

️ check out the thread, admins:

cc.
@chm
@admin@mastodon.nu
@trumpet
@hugo
@xaphanpl
@admin@paktodon.asia
@tc
@xrobau
@team
@sysadmin
@amministratore
@mastodonie
@maop
@kenobit
@chief
@support
@admin@piaille.fr
@valvoja
@henri
@saustrup
@donelias
@admini
@spla
@announcements
@mike@thecanadian.social
@admin@mastodon.com.br
@adrian
@xrobau
@aussocialadmin
@mike@chinwag.org

spla@mastodont.cat

@matt already done, thank you.

richardisaguyyyy@ursal.zone

@Mastodon @Ursalzona

grahamdowns@mastodon.africa

@Mastodon I presume by "default Mastodon", you mean that if a server has so much as changed the max characters per post from the default 500, they won't be eligible?

Otherwise, I think this is a fantastic idea!

stomata@procial.tchncs.de

@Mastodon@mastodon.social finally!

michaelbishop@mastodon.world

@Mastodon

Onboarding seems to be the barrier to Mastodon's growth and success. The whole Active ecosystem is a bit foreign to general users and needs more work.

extra_special_carbon@mastodon.world

@Mastodon Consider that many may prefer non-local servers. I sure wouldn’t want an American server.

lucien@toot.community

@Mastodon this is great and will improve the user experience so much. Well done

mywoolymastadon@toot.community

@ruud @NoOnesRival @Mastodon

I'm in the USA but was happy to discover that my choice to be my instance was based in Europe. Serendipity.

I like the idea of having more laws in place for my privacy.

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We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.