We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.
Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start.
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That sounds like a bad idea. Make your own server to put them on. You can rotate defaults if it becomes to centralised.
The issue isnt choosing a server it’s usablity and content. Focus on features people have been wanting for years.
Is this not what they have been doing so far?
That’s already the case with mastodon.social
I believe that’s what this is. People have been complaining about the mastodon.social default for years.
They are not just picking any random server, only ones that have applied and meet certain criteria.