@aral @pixelfed Hmmm, well, maybe based a little more criteria like stability, uptodate version, etc...

Basically I could imagine a general distribution based on:
- legislation (where is the server located)?
- is it stable?
- runs reasonable recent version?
- is registration open and what type of registration (invite only, free, registration through 3rd party like LDAP/SAML)?
- paid or free?

This should be best determined automatically before offering the user a server.