We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations.

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@Mastodon This is a link to the server covenant:

Mastodon Server Covenant for joinmastodon.org

(joinmastodon.org)

One important question – and one we’ve discussed together – is which definition of antisemitism are you going with? I’d appreciate it if you could state the decision you’ve reached on this publicly. Crucially, is it one that conflates opposition to Zionism, Israel, and the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people with being bigoted against Jewish people or not? This is key in knowing whether only Zionist, pro-Israel, pro-genocide Mastodon servers will be featured in recommendations or not.

@Mastodon besides geographical location, are there going to be any filters for like, interests or core topics etc?

A gardening and plant instance is going to have a different vibe from the software/hardware developer instance, etc.

It would be neat to be a part of this, but only if relevant users/signups are being directed.

Edit: "General Purpose Servers" ah.. missed that keyword (figured that would've been mentioned again earlier?). /ht: https://tyrol.social/@nitrml/115989922418887309

@aral for us in Canada, we align with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and still are green in terms of the Covenant.

There's protected speech, and there's unprotected speech, and that is what we abide by.

Being a purely geographical instance, I know we enjoy being able to defer these decisions.

@Mastodon google docs wtf?!... switch asap to Cryptpad comrades for stuff like this

@Mastodon

Fabulous news. Any movement away from mastodon . social (risk of centralization, and plenty of other issues) is progress

HT @FediTips

Fedi.Tips (@FediTips@social.growyourown.services)

Mastodon.social has no advantages over any other Mastodon server. It has no special status or privileges, it uses exactly the same software as other Mastodon servers. In fact I'd strongly advise people *NOT* to sign up on mastodon.social, here are the reasons why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server TL:DR - It's far far too big, it's putting the entire decentralised nature of the Fediverse in danger. If you want help choosing a good reliable server, have a look at https://fedi.garden #FediTips

social.growyourown.services (social.growyourown.services)

@NatureMC

Hey! We haven't built the logic for this yet, so thanks for mentioning situations like this so we can make sure to take them into account. Our idea is "correct language" = "the person's preferred language, as determined by their phone's preferences."

@Mastodon

@Mastodon

@mainz_sozial_digital könnte interessant sein?

@colinstu it says "general purpose servers". So no special interests servers or topical servers are gonna be able to participate in this feature (at the moment).

@haubles That sounds very good, I didn't know that it's technically possible. Great!

@Mastodon

@Mastodon send!

@martijn @Mastodon already filled out when a fellow admin wrote about it 👌

@stux @Mastodon send data?!

@nitrml @colinstu

This experiment will be for general purpose servers only, but we'll be looking into running other onboarding experiments—including for special interest servers—soon.

@Mastodon ideally combined with personal interests, right? (as long as there are enough servers to choose from) 😎🌈👩‍💻🌳

@aral

I feel like by asking this question you're — inadvertently — legitimizing zionism by implying that the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism is a credible definition of that word.

Personally, I assume that antisemitism means antisemitism unless I have reason to believe otherwise.

@OctaviaConAmore @Mastodon

For this experiment, that is correct. We are looking to partner with servers that have open sign-ups. But we've heard the feedback that spam is going to be a big issue for many servers to participate, so our team is going to discuss what we can do about that next week.

@potatoes_fall It’s not a credible definition of the word but it is a *legally accepted* one in certain jurisdictions and it is essential that we know what is meant – in this specific context – by a term that is so widely and so willfully misunderstood so we understand what exactly the effects of this initiative will be and whether we should be in support of it or in opposition to it.

@sunnythesheep @Mastodon for this experiment we are looking to partner with general-purpose servers. But this is just one experiment, not the only experiment! We’ll be looking at how we can help with special-interest server discovery soon.

@Mastodon It's amazing seeing these sorts of things play out across the Fediverse. Making sure we make a better internet that is centered around Privacy and staying decentralized for all.

Keep up the good work and can't wait to see where we all are in several years to come.

@rzeta0 @Mastodon What do you mean? The idea would be to give people a server that is in the area they are living. If you live in Germany you have apply to it's legal jurisdiction.

But I don't really see how German law is particular more / less problematic when choosing a mastodon server.