Gregory's Server@thisismissem @PeterLG Nothing speaks against a simple registry assistant, however it doesn't have to be just one server either. Users could literally be asked about their hobbies once with known good instances being automatically picked by your choice. Instead now the existence of the "official Mastodon" as well as "those others" is communicated, which is just awful and not in the spirit of the Fedi at all.
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 @thisismissem @PeterLG Build a proper board with some oversight then, making sure every server provides the same level of safety and quality. But don't just slowly centralize it⦠that is and will always be the wrong approach. |
@Natanox @PeterLG βknown good instances" is extremely hard to define, because different people have different needs & safety requirements.
It's just like people going βgoogle mastodon -> mastodon.social -> sign upβ
Perhaps the language could be changed, but when the software's reputation is built on people's first experiences, there does need to be some control over that experience, and the instances list just wasn't working, with some of them just *disappearing*