I've reformatted the Fedi.Garden website so that it is as simple and easy as possible to sign up on a server that is well-run and reliable. If you know someone interested in the Fediverse, this might be a good way for them to sign up:

️ https://fedi.garden

(Sorry to repeat this announcement, but last time I posted about it my hosting company decided to unexpectedly update its software and totally break the site Fedi.Garden is now working properly!)

#Fediverse #Onboarding

Thank you so much for all the feedback yesterday on the revamp of the Fedi.Garden site!

I've redone the front page again to make it even simpler and clearer, let me know what you think:

️ https://fedi.garden

Hopefully this makes it easy enough for anyone to sign up, but as always any feedback and suggestions welcome

I've updated the front page of the Fedi.Garden website so that it now helps people who get overwhelmed by choice when choosing a Fedi server to sign up on:

️ https://fedi.garden

The featured server will be rotated regularly to avoid centralisation. It will be from a pool of good general servers.

I don't particularly like featuring specific servers, but if a rotating specific server suggestion makes it easier for new people to sign up then this seems worth trying.

All feedback welcome

p.p.p.s. Looks like Mastodon gGmbH are now discussing this issue, really good to hear them being proactive!

Let's give the new leadership a chance and see what they come up with

https://hachyderm.io/@haubles/115587793572335619

p.p.s. If anyone currently on mastodon.social wants help moving to a different server, there's an easy-to-understand step-by-step guide at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

Let me know if you have any difficulties with any particular step

p.s. For anyone wondering why this centralisation is a problem, here's an in-depth look at why mastodon.social's increasing percentage of the Fediverse is dangerous: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/

p.p.s. I'm not saying join any random server! I run a website at https://fedi.garden to recommend good alternative servers. My point was just that in terms of size, no other server is anywhere near as large as mastodon.social.

Raw numbers are perhaps not enough to get across just how bad the centralisation of the Fediverse by mastodon.social is. I've done a chart to show this visually, hopefully this will make the situation clearer?

Given the circumstances, getting people to join *any* other server except mastodon.social would greatly help decentralise the Fediverse. It's no longer big vs medium vs small, it's more like supergiant deathstar mastodon.social vs everyone else

#Mastodon #Fediverse #MastodonSocial