Post by @Mastodon__dup_14191@mastodon.social

2026-01-31 12:51 UTC

We are excited to share that we are beginning work on a new onboarding experiment for #Mastodon: Default Server Recommendations. Our intent for this experiment is to recommend the closest server geographically that is in the correct language during the sign-up flow. We will be running this experiment on our iOS and Android apps only to start. 1/6

Replies (6)

@alexblock@mstdn.ca 2026-01-31 12:58

@Mastodon@mastodon.social Seems like a good idea.

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@Mastodon__dup_14191@mastodon.social 2026-01-31 12:51

(The reason we’re starting with the apps and not the web is because the necessary data to run this experiment is already provided through the app store. It is more complicated to do this right for the web, and we want to think carefully about how to do this in a way that respects privacy.) 2/6

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@MichaelBishop@mastodon.world 2026-01-31 17:43

@Mastodon@mastodon.social Onboarding seems to be the barrier to Mastodon's growth and success. The whole Active ecosystem is a bit foreign to general users and needs more work.

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@Extra_Special_Carbon@mastodon.world 2026-01-31 17:47

@Mastodon@mastodon.social Consider that many may prefer non-local servers. I sure wouldn’t want an American server.

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@odlralduop@h4.io 2026-01-31 12:52

@Mastodon@mastodon.social Excellente idée

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc 2026-01-31 13:11

@Mastodon@mastodon.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services you should boost this to the admins of servers you have recommended on http://fedi.garden

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