@FediTips

I get it. And this is a problem that needs to be addressed with big accounts, and not every single new user.

@FediTips

I get all of that.

But also, my first Fedi account was on mastodon dot online. My next one was on counter dot social. That didn't work, so I went to mastodon.sdf dot org. They were having capacity problems, so I went to tech dot lgbt and infosec dot exchange. And then I found out it wasn't all that hard to host your own, and now I run a copy of Cortex Implant's fork.

There's a lot to be said about all of this, but we need to be real: onboarding to Fedi is atrocious, and the doom and gloom about big servers and everything just makes this seem overwhelming.

"Welcome to Fedi! Your first server doesn't matter, pick one you like, you can migrate! Make some friends! Be kind!"

That's more the vibe I wish I'd first encountered.

@FediTips

this kind of post...

It's better to join a small server compared to a big server.

And it's better to join a big server compared to a network run by cryptocryptofascists.

"It's a really bad idea" kind of rhetoric, and "is NOT a good place to sign up" kind of rhetoric, is actively toxic, actually.