@stanford@Mastodon What’s the alternative? Sending new users to a random instance with five people on it that’s going to close down in two weeks because the admin lost interest?
@fidepus@Mastodon Well, as Eugen just pushed it through without even giving people a chance to discuss it or share their opinion about it, we probably will never know what the result would have become.
There are ideas; for example, they have a well-curated list of instances at joinmastodon.org; why not use it?
There are many other instances out there which have a solid administration, some clubs/associations etc.
I never said just to push users to any random instance with five users. The App didn't did that before, either.
But this is not the right time and place to discuss this.
I don't really have the energy to argue against silly straw man fallacies either.
But even if this would be the one and only option to make a user-friendly experience, just pushing it through and ignoring any community feedback is not the way to do it. If this had been a community decision, it might be easier to accept for many people.
@fidepus@Mastodon Well, as Eugen just pushed it through without even giving people a chance to discuss it or share their opinion about it, we probably will never know what the result would have become.
There are ideas; for example, they have a well-curated list of instances at joinmastodon.org; why not use it?
Gregory's Server
@stanford @Mastodon What’s the alternative? Sending new users to a random instance with five people on it that’s going to close down in two weeks because the admin lost interest?