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I don't think there's anything they can really do about that. It's a federated platform, the user is going to have to pick a server. Aside from some landing pag
by aquova 4y ago
I don't think there's anything they can really do about that. It's a federated platform, the user is going to have to pick a server. Aside from some landing page that shows you servers based on your interests, I don't know what else they could do.
I do agree that migrating between servers could be a more streamlined process though.
- eastbound 4y agoLike wordpress.org has wordpress.com, they could have had this commercial domain. They could even have had a signup form on their .org website that would return “Your account has been created! Yours is on [xyz].com! But don’t worry, it will connect to other accounts from all others of the federation.”
- detaro 4y ago> Like wordpress.org has wordpress.com, they could have had this commercial domain. soo... mastodon.social? the instance listed as first option, clearly marked as being run by the Mastodon company?
- eastbound 4y agoWeird TLDs don’t inspire trust. I would have never guessed that mastodon.social were the most serious place to start a Mastodon account.
- detaro 4y agoluckily you didn't need to guess, because it's presented as the first entry, including the information that it is run by the company, when you go look at the .org page for where to sign up, just as you wanted. But I'm sure you'll find another reason why doing exactly what you suggested isn't reasonable.