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Allow users to signup in 3 seconds without "choosing a server".
by standardUser 4y ago
Allow users to signup in 3 seconds without "choosing a server".
- mempko 4y agoPeople seem to sign up to email just fine.
- OctopusLupid 4y agoI'm a server admin; I think there's merit to this thought. There is an initial hump. We don't want to dump users randomly into a small server because the community aspect is much stronger there. Thus, we should dump them into a big server -- perhaps a randomly selected one, from a list of general-purpose trusted servers (ideally democratically selected, but for now JoinMastodon.org seems to be fine). Then, encourage people to move to smaller instances, and make it easier to do so. It's currently too hard. I moved because I was envious of smaller server's interesting public timelines which catered more to my interests.
- boring_twenties 4y agoLast I checked, Twitter required SMS phone number verification for all new accounts. That takes a lot longer than 3 seconds, not to mention the privacy invasion.
- charcircuit 4y agoNo, twitter does not require a phone verification.
- boring_twenties 4y agoIn theory, it doesn't. But actually, if I try to make an account without a phone number, it will be immediately flagged as "suspicious" and demand phone number confirmation to be unlocked.