The continued growth of mastodon.social is putting the #Fediverse in danger (here's why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/).
The quickest, easiest and most effective way to solve this would be if the official apps & website stopped promoting mastodon.social, and instead promoted a rotating selection from a pool of reliable servers with solid track records.
If you're comfortable using Github, please give thumbs up to all these:
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues/568
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1023
- https://github.com/mastodon/joinmastodon/issues/1052
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
It looks like you've been championing this issue for years now, but I didn't see any of the main people working on Mastodon address it. Is there a way you could get a direct response from them on why Mastodon.social (the instance they own) is the "default" instance on the app?
@Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space the reason they give for defaulting to dot social in the app is they claim it's easier to guarantee a "good" mastodon experience for new users if they control the server they're recommending they sign up for. They don't want to take the time to vet what other servers are reliable to recommend. While I get their logic, I don't agree with it. I know a lot of people have a hard time picking a reliable server on their own (it's easier if you have friends already on an instance and you join them), and I've even moved servers a couple times because of reliability issues (I started this account on dot social before it was the default, transferred to a couple other masto servers before I moved to Firefish, which the flagship instance went down in flames, and I'm on my second misskey variant instance since). It takes time and effort to vet which servers are reliable with good moderation teams, and the mastodon team doesn't want to put their resources there, regardless of if they're right or wrong.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space
I am not one of the people who attacks Eugen personally, he's done more than anyone to popularise the Fediverse, we owe him. I don't agree with people who attack him.
But he doesn't really respond to criticism, and for some reason none of the others at Mastodon gGmbH respond about this issue either.
The only action Masto gGmbH has taken in response to my posts about this is banning me from trending on mastodon.social (that's why FediTips posts don't ever trend there any more).
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
and for some reason none of the others at Mastodon gGmbH respond about this issue either.
That is untrue, Andy Piper replied to the last popular Mastodon thread about this issue, saying that they will communicate about this issue soon
@Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space Well, damn. Blocking (or whatever it's called) you from Trending on Mastodon.social because you have a point of view that "there's more to Fediverse life than Mastondon.social" is petty. Especially since the point of the Fediverse is decentralization.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space To be clear, I'm not recommending, condoning, nor would I support, dogpiling on the moderators or instance admin(s) of Mastodon.social. That is not called for, nor acceptable.
@Still_Nimmy@starbase80.wtf @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space I've been considering moving from mastodon.social for awhile, I just never could figure out out which server to switch to. I guess I should start looking more seriously now.
@ansonkennedy@mastodon.social
If you just want one suggestion a very similar and equally reliable alternative large alternative would be mas.to
If you want a selection of good medium-sized servers to choose from, you can find some at https://fedi.garden all of which are human-curated and have to be compatible with certain requirements listed at https://fedi.garden/about-this-site/
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space To be clear, I'm not recommending, condoning, nor would I support, dogpiling on the moderators or instance admin(s) of Mastodon.social. That is not called for, nor acceptable.
@Still_Nimmy@starbase80.wtf @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space I've been considering moving from mastodon.social for awhile, I just never could figure out out which server to switch to. I guess I should start looking more seriously now.
@ansonkennedy@mastodon.social
If you just want one suggestion a very similar and equally reliable alternative large alternative would be mas.to
If you want a selection of good medium-sized servers to choose from, you can find some at https://fedi.garden all of which are human-curated and have to be compatible with certain requirements listed at https://fedi.garden/about-this-site/
@Still_Nimmy@starbase80.wtf @Eeveecraft@dragonscave.space
Oh yeah, neither would I, and I don't think it's the fault of moderators on mastodon.social.
I think this problem is due to the leadership at Mastodon gGmbH, and they are the only ones who need to respond about this.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @ansonkennedy@mastodon.social
What's your opinion of .world? I picked this cause someone I was interested in was here, but didn't give it any thought. It's absolutely default, and reliable. The "default" is bad cause it's only 500 character toot limit, but otherwise, it works well.
@lxskllr@mastodon.world
I don't know much about it, but it is up to date on the latest version, it has a detailed published code of conduct, it has multiple staff, its admin has posted recently and it has been operating since 2022 so those are good signs.
Its about page is at https://mastodon.world/about
@ansonkennedy@mastodon.social
If you just want one suggestion a very similar and equally reliable alternative large alternative would be mas.to
If you want a selection of good medium-sized servers to choose from, you can find some at https://fedi.garden all of which are human-curated and have to be compatible with certain requirements listed at https://fedi.garden/about-this-site/
@lxskllr@mastodon.world
I don't know much about it, but it is up to date on the latest version, it has a detailed published code of conduct, it has multiple staff, its admin has posted recently and it has been operating since 2022 so those are good signs.
Its about page is at https://mastodon.world/about
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @ansonkennedy@mastodon.social
What's your opinion of .world? I picked this cause someone I was interested in was here, but didn't give it any thought. It's absolutely default, and reliable. The "default" is bad cause it's only 500 character toot limit, but otherwise, it works well.
@lxskllr@mastodon.world
I don't know much about it, but it is up to date on the latest version, it has a detailed published code of conduct, it has multiple staff, its admin has posted recently and it has been operating since 2022 so those are good signs.
Its about page is at https://mastodon.world/about
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