I know mastodon.social is seen as a detriment to some in the fediverse
But have you ever considered my story?
Joined in 2016
Came back in 2018
Built an audience around my new project @pixelfed
We take m.s for granted, a large part of the fediverse literally wouldn't exist unless @Gargron built a suitable GNU/Social successor.
The fediverse is quick to point fingers at Mastodon and Gargron, but thanks to him, you have a platform to do that on.
We love you big G, you are my hero
@dansup @pixelfed @Gargron
Cheers to this!
Although it’s not the point of a social web, having a default/general instance to join significantly lowers the barrier for non-techies to join the social web at all.
Y’all who complain might consider some empathy for good people who don’t happen to also be a dang Linux admin.
Smoothing the onboarding process is worth doing. But m.s is a great initial solution.