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I understand coming from Twitter --where artificial choices are manufactured in order to extract value from things like outrage and fear-- it might be overwhelm

I understand coming from Twitter --where artificial choices are manufactured in order to extract value from things like outrage and fear-- it might be overwhelming to experience real choice for the first time. We made a tool for that, so lets help find you an instance youll enjoy :) dont worry, you can shop around for the right one, your choice isnt set in stone at all. https://instances.social/ https://instances.social/

MivLives 4y ago
Except even that tool sucks. I can't even use the list to filter for things that are say... less then 1k users, have an uptime of 95% or higher, and have A+ grade HTTPs. Whatever A+ HTTPS that means, it's also not explained on that site. Hell you can't even filter on registrations and actually up at the same time. Sorry for the rant, my previous instance went read only, and I had to go find a new one. I know what i want and not being bale to search for it except by rough approximations was incredibly annoying.
- nimbius 4y ago
  Then lets work to make it better! most of your mastodon stuff is open source. Reach out to the maintainer on Github and let them know :) https://github.com/TheKinrar/instances https://github.com/TheKinrar/instances
  - MivLives 4y ago
    You know, this is a good call out. I've been looking for a small project to work on and this is perfect.
nr2x 4y ago
Yes, my problems with data portability are indeed evidence I can’t handle choices in my information diet.
falkd 4y ago
It's nice, but I find myself saying "Don't care" to most of the questions, and I've got a huge list of instances as a result. I still can't really say for sure I'd be picking one I wouldn't regret picking later. I think the biggest questions I'd have are: - How do I know an instance is trustworthy and the mods behave professionally? - How do I know an instance isn't going to go down and lose my account? It seems like there's this "local community" idea where when you join a server, it's like a mini-twitter in its own right. It's a cool idea, but then it seems like part of the decision of which instance to join should be whether you feel like that local community is a good fit for you?
- KerrAvon 4y ago
  I really think this a less impactful decision than people seem to think unless your interests are extremely narrow. If you can’t decide, pick mastodon.social for a start. It’s extremely well moderated (from Germany) and has a diverse set of users. And you get to interact with people from other instances anyway.
  - timmytokyo 4y ago
    Except that you can't currently create new accounts on mastodon.social.
  - pwinnski 4y ago
    Not allowing new signups.
pwinnski 4y ago
I said I only speak English, and the first page of results includes several servers with names and descriptions not in English. If I spoke German or Japanese, I'd have said so. If a server technically allows English but is mostly for Deutsch or Nihongo speakers, that's not what I expected when I said show me English servers.

MivLives 4y ago

Except even that tool sucks. I can't even use the list to filter for things that are say... less then 1k users, have an uptime of 95% or higher, and have A+ grade HTTPs. Whatever A+ HTTPS that means, it's also not explained on that site. Hell you can't even filter on registrations and actually up at the same time. Sorry for the rant, my previous instance went read only, and I had to go find a new one. I know what i want and not being bale to search for it except by rough approximations was incredibly annoying.

nimbius 4y ago
Then lets work to make it better! most of your mastodon stuff is open source. Reach out to the maintainer on Github and let them know :) https://github.com/TheKinrar/instances https://github.com/TheKinrar/instances
- MivLives 4y ago
  You know, this is a good call out. I've been looking for a small project to work on and this is perfect.

nr2x 4y ago

Yes, my problems with data portability are indeed evidence I can’t handle choices in my information diet.

falkd 4y ago

It's nice, but I find myself saying "Don't care" to most of the questions, and I've got a huge list of instances as a result. I still can't really say for sure I'd be picking one I wouldn't regret picking later. I think the biggest questions I'd have are: - How do I know an instance is trustworthy and the mods behave professionally? - How do I know an instance isn't going to go down and lose my account? It seems like there's this "local community" idea where when you join a server, it's like a mini-twitter in its own right. It's a cool idea, but then it seems like part of the decision of which instance to join should be whether you feel like that local community is a good fit for you?

KerrAvon 4y ago
I really think this a less impactful decision than people seem to think unless your interests are extremely narrow. If you can’t decide, pick mastodon.social for a start. It’s extremely well moderated (from Germany) and has a diverse set of users. And you get to interact with people from other instances anyway.
- timmytokyo 4y ago
  Except that you can't currently create new accounts on mastodon.social.
- pwinnski 4y ago
  Not allowing new signups.

pwinnski 4y ago

I said I only speak English, and the first page of results includes several servers with names and descriptions not in English. If I spoke German or Japanese, I'd have said so. If a server technically allows English but is mostly for Deutsch or Nihongo speakers, that's not what I expected when I said show me English servers.