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@oliver @luana @mrhamel @Mastodon yeah I mean you could have gone not totally random, but joinmastodon.org already has a list, that know technically more or less okay servers with interest fields and language. So you could have just asked the user for their primary post language and what stuff they are interested in and select a random server from the list based on this facts... |
@jr @luana @mrhamel @Mastodon Different instances have different sets of rules. With Matrix, I also had the experience that others have had here as well: Overnight, the domain and thus the account including content was gone.
In addition, you would then have the problem if, for example, Japanese-speaking users land on an instance that is used by 95% of German-speaking people.
Personally, I think it's fine that there is this instance for newbies.