"Now when new users join Mastodon from the mobile app, they may see a button to “join” a recommended server rather than the default “join mastodon.social” button that’s currently displayed." Wow. Didn't know that mentioning a server adds complexity. The bar is very low nowadays with all things digital.

[–] slampisko@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (25 children)

I wonder why people see selecting a server as a hurdle when that's exactly what they're asked to do when making an email address

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

People don't know what choosing a server entails, because it does matter and a lot of people aren't exactly helpful when they say "just pick any" or "it's like email"

Server choice matters because:

Server might federate with a limited number of other servers;
Server might be blacklisted by some servers which you might want to interact with;
Servers can be running different versions of software, so people might think about security;
Servers can go offline
Server choice can significantly impact how people perceive you. "Oh look, another tankie from ml"

So, server choice matters and people coming in from corporate shit don't know how much they need to know to make an informed decision, thus giving up.

[–] pohart@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah I was pretty disappointed when my server started limiting what political servers I see by default. I want it to show up and then choose for myself, not have to sell out every community. Their supposed to just showvup. It's not like they were nazis or porn even.

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