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This problem is literally solved by OP. Search https://instances.social/list#lang=&allowed=&prohibited=&min-users=50&max-users=500 https://instances.social/list

This problem is literally solved by OP. Search https://instances.social/list#lang=&allowed=&prohibited=&min-users=50&max-users=500 https://instances.social/list#lang=&allowed=&prohibited=&min... for the whole list of instances accepting signups, choose the most generic-sounding name, check it out, register there.

Joeboy 4y ago
Did you see the list? Finding a "generic" instance that's open to signups honestly isn't easy, right now. I ended up on fosstodon.org, which is not as generic as I'd like but seemed like the least terrible option I could find in half an hour.
jrmg 4y ago
How do I ensure I’m not picking one that won’t, now or in a few days or weeks or months end up being associated with views I find problematic? What I’m worried about is my reputation - what the server I’m associated with tells others about me (the argument that those others are wrong in making assumptions doesn’t comfort me). These hazards are probably very unlikely, of course, but the alternative of ‘how about I just avoid all these hazards’ is the one my lizard brain is picking.
- etrautmann 4y ago
  I think you’re worrying too much about this particular point. If it becomes noxious, migrate later.
- jrnichols 4y ago
  what's more likely to happen is that the instance will go offline for some reason and never come back. We had this happen with an adult material related instance. It became brigaded by another crew who flooded it with very illegal material. The users were helpless to do anything but report it, and soon the whole instance was gone. It was a very unfortunate and frightening view into what can quickly happen with the fediverse.
- andocars 4y ago
  Dude who cares. Unless youre like a popular figure or something whose going to go through the list of users and be like oh this particular user happens to be signed up to this site along with tens of thousands of other users but Im gonna find this person and trash talk them
- lrvick 4y ago
  The same thing was true of Twitter which is why so many are leaving. Unlike Twitter, you can leave a Mastodon server for another one and take your follows and followers with you. If you want assurances that a server owner will never act against your will, you need to take the same action you would to mitigate a landlord acting against your will. Buy your own place. In a decentralized universe you have to start thinking of servers as real estate. Nothing is free but if your goal is to get to share with you what they paid for for free, you take what you can get. Or buy your own server for only yourself, or share with others. This is what the world looks like without tracking and advertizing trying to make everything seem free.

Joeboy 4y ago

Did you see the list? Finding a "generic" instance that's open to signups honestly isn't easy, right now. I ended up on fosstodon.org, which is not as generic as I'd like but seemed like the least terrible option I could find in half an hour.

jrmg 4y ago

How do I ensure I’m not picking one that won’t, now or in a few days or weeks or months end up being associated with views I find problematic? What I’m worried about is my reputation - what the server I’m associated with tells others about me (the argument that those others are wrong in making assumptions doesn’t comfort me). These hazards are probably very unlikely, of course, but the alternative of ‘how about I just avoid all these hazards’ is the one my lizard brain is picking.

etrautmann 4y ago
I think you’re worrying too much about this particular point. If it becomes noxious, migrate later.
jrnichols 4y ago
what's more likely to happen is that the instance will go offline for some reason and never come back. We had this happen with an adult material related instance. It became brigaded by another crew who flooded it with very illegal material. The users were helpless to do anything but report it, and soon the whole instance was gone. It was a very unfortunate and frightening view into what can quickly happen with the fediverse.
andocars 4y ago
Dude who cares. Unless youre like a popular figure or something whose going to go through the list of users and be like oh this particular user happens to be signed up to this site along with tens of thousands of other users but Im gonna find this person and trash talk them
lrvick 4y ago
The same thing was true of Twitter which is why so many are leaving. Unlike Twitter, you can leave a Mastodon server for another one and take your follows and followers with you. If you want assurances that a server owner will never act against your will, you need to take the same action you would to mitigate a landlord acting against your will. Buy your own place. In a decentralized universe you have to start thinking of servers as real estate. Nothing is free but if your goal is to get to share with you what they paid for for free, you take what you can get. Or buy your own server for only yourself, or share with others. This is what the world looks like without tracking and advertizing trying to make everything seem free.