2026-02-01 06:12 UTC
@OrionKidder @jannem @Mastodon
There's more to server than just understanding the language. Consider talk about politics, promotion of irl-events, or asking help with something.. these are all topics where a hobby is a secondary concern to location.
That isn't to say a hobby couldn't be a reason to pick a server, mostly that I wouldn't recommend a hobby server for a noob at fedi, even if I knew they lived for the subject.
Of course, ymmv.
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@haubles@hachyderm.io 2026-02-01 12:22
@iju @OrionKidder @jannem @Mastodon well said, Juho! This matches our reasoning well. This is just a first experiment in how we will evolve onboarding, but it will not be the only one. We are starting to look at how to evolve Server Directory too, including adding more kinds of server classifications and categories. We also want to move that to a PR-based backend so it’s more manageable to keep updated. We think this will be a good first step to help with interest-based server discovery, and we’ve got some other ideas too. More soon…