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Paradoxically, by letting the instance they own balloon in size, they have to pour more and more resources into maintaining it.

So regardless, they have to spend more resources, and they chose to spend resources that's leading to the Fediverse being more centralized.

@FediTips Wait, I just read this blog post:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/

And I gotta admit, that is a cowardly response. Their excuse literally just is, "Because it's easier!" You know what else is easier? Centralized platforms. Does that mean they're better? No. We pay for convenience with our freedom.

This line is especially stupid, "This gives us a far better chance of showcasing what decentralized social networks have to offer instead of having that person bounce and never hearing from them again." How does growing an instance to 30+% of the userbase "showcase what decentralized social networks have to offer"??? Doesn't that literally do the opposite? And then they buried their heads in the sand and haven't addressed it since. That's pathetic.

@FediTips
It looks like you've been championing this issue for years now, but I didn't see any of the main people working on Mastodon address it. Is there a way you could get a direct response from them on why Mastodon.social (the instance they own) is the "default" instance on the app?