TL;DR: The current Mastodon-signup is only removing the confusion of users on first glance, because it either hides the server-choice altogether, or leaves them with a choice that is impossible to make at this point of their Mastodon-journey. Instead, it should introduce them to decentrality on a lower scale, with a handful of handpicked servers to choose from, such that the decision makes sense to them and shows them the merits and fun of the concept instead of scaring them away. Ideal would be to give them a sense of agency. Then, chances are higher that they consider migrating again in the future and eventually internalize it as a permanent option of the digital world.

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    6 months ago

    I believe people will still have an issue with this. Why only five? What makes them deserving? We also need to stop telling people they can simply move their data to another instance. There are issues with that, mainly they can join an instance that is blocked by many or blocked instances where they have valuable connections. We have to stop making it like instances are trivial when it’s a key part of the user experience.