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@evan<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> 100% for setting up small servers. The Fediverse is almost certainly best off with lots of fairly small and fairly socially cohesive servers.<\/p>

There is, however, a mismatch between the suggestion to set up a server and the audience of people who have heard about Mastodon somewhere and are willing to download an app to give it a shot. We're veering close to the \u201cthe Fediverse is built for tech-savvy people\u201d kind of elitism that I'm personally hoping we can grow out of.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115528869685203779","object":{"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115528869685203779","objectType":"note","content":"

@evan<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> 100% for setting up small servers. The Fediverse is almost certainly best off with lots of fairly small and fairly socially cohesive servers.<\/p>

There is, however, a mismatch between the suggestion to set up a server and the audience of people who have heard about Mastodon somewhere and are willing to download an app to give it a shot. We're veering close to the \u201cthe Fediverse is built for tech-savvy people\u201d kind of elitism that I'm personally hoping we can grow out of.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493921","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528765480004179","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan\/115528765480004179"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/macaw.social\/users\/andypiper"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493921","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T04:36:40+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493921"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-original-tmp20260418043002.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-48-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-24-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77066"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais.","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","note":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais."}},"content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> I agree. I wonder if there's an onboarding flow that's like, \"First, find out if you already have a server you can be a part of. Second, set up a server for a group you're in (either by hosting it yourself or getting one from a hosting provider). Lastly, try one of these...\"<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115529204125465969","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115529204125465969","objectType":"note","content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> I agree. I wonder if there's an onboarding flow that's like, \"First, find out if you already have a server you can be a part of. Second, set up a server for a group you're in (either by hosting it yourself or getting one from a hosting provider). Lastly, try one of these...\"<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan\/115529204125465969","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115528869685203779","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493921"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/macaw.social\/users\/andypiper"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493923","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T04:36:39+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan\/115529204125465969"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-original-tmp20260418043002.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-48-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-24-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77066"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais.","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","note":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais."}},"content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> it may be easier if you can connect an instance to existing social software, like Google Workspace, Slack, or Discord.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528765480004179","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528765480004179","objectType":"note","content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> it may be easier if you can connect an instance to existing social software, like Google Workspace, Slack, or Discord.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan\/115528765480004179","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528758579068377","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493435"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/macaw.social\/users\/andypiper"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493442","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T02:44:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan\/115528765480004179"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian","displayName":"Julian Fietkau","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-original-tmp20221220160038.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-96-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-48-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-24-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77862"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-96-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Human-computer interaction #HCI, computer science & programming, home server & self-hosting, games and other fun stuff.Fediverse tool builder: @encyclia, @canary, FediRoster, Pinhole, ... see https:\/\/fietkau.software\/tag\/fediverse for more. I also help out with @fedidevs. If you do HCI-related research, check out https:\/\/directory.hci.social.He\/him. Posting mostly in English, but you might see the occasional German boost.","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"julian","displayName":"Julian Fietkau","note":"Human-computer interaction #HCI, computer science & programming, home server & self-hosting, games and other fun stuff.Fediverse tool builder: @encyclia, @canary, FediRoster, Pinhole, ... see https:\/\/fietkau.software\/tag\/fediverse for more. I also help out with @fedidevs. If you do HCI-related research, check out https:\/\/directory.hci.social.He\/him. Posting mostly in English, but you might see the occasional German boost."}},"content":"

@FediTips<\/a> We can't be telling people \u201cdon't worry too much about all that server stuff for now\u201d and also \u201coh you don't know if your account was on mstdn.social or mas.to, then you're just outta luck sorry\u201d.<\/p>

We also know that asking fedi newcomers to pick their own server does not work. Your suggestion addresses this point.<\/p>

My conclusion is that having a default server for all newbies (not invited by a friend) is the best practical approach. Somewhere people can get their bearings.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526995068453964","object":{"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526995068453964","objectType":"note","content":"

@FediTips<\/a> We can't be telling people \u201cdon't worry too much about all that server stuff for now\u201d and also \u201coh you don't know if your account was on mstdn.social or mas.to, then you're just outta luck sorry\u201d.<\/p>

We also know that asking fedi newcomers to pick their own server does not work. Your suggestion addresses this point.<\/p>

My conclusion is that having a default server for all newbies (not invited by a friend) is the best practical approach. Somewhere people can get their bearings.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493432","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526994482075176","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian\/115526994482075176"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493432","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T02:43:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493432"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian","displayName":"Julian Fietkau","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-original-tmp20221220160038.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-96-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-48-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-24-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77862"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-96-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Human-computer interaction #HCI, computer science & programming, home server & self-hosting, games and other fun stuff.Fediverse tool builder: @encyclia, @canary, FediRoster, Pinhole, ... see https:\/\/fietkau.software\/tag\/fediverse for more. I also help out with @fedidevs. If you do HCI-related research, check out https:\/\/directory.hci.social.He\/him. Posting mostly in English, but you might see the occasional German boost.","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"julian","displayName":"Julian Fietkau","note":"Human-computer interaction #HCI, computer science & programming, home server & self-hosting, games and other fun stuff.Fediverse tool builder: @encyclia, @canary, FediRoster, Pinhole, ... see https:\/\/fietkau.software\/tag\/fediverse for more. I also help out with @fedidevs. If you do HCI-related research, check out https:\/\/directory.hci.social.He\/him. Posting mostly in English, but you might see the occasional German boost."}},"content":"

@FediTips<\/a> And yes, I understand the cons.<\/p>

IMHO the path forward is to improve the scope & simplicity of the account moving process, and then encouraging people on m.s to use it after some time. Not to abolish the default server.<\/p>

I've been holding my tongue on this since @andypiper<\/a> said Mastodon may reply to this with a blog post. But I hope we can acknowledge that a \u201crotating servers\u201d suggestion is incomplete without an idea to (unobtrusively but reliably) teach people about their own server.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526995582354400","object":{"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526995582354400","objectType":"note","content":"

@FediTips<\/a> And yes, I understand the cons.<\/p>

IMHO the path forward is to improve the scope & simplicity of the account moving process, and then encouraging people on m.s to use it after some time. Not to abolish the default server.<\/p>

I've been holding my tongue on this since @andypiper<\/a> said Mastodon may reply to this with a blog post. But I hope we can acknowledge that a \u201crotating servers\u201d suggestion is incomplete without an idea to (unobtrusively but reliably) teach people about their own server.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian\/115526995582354400","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526995068453964","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493432"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/macaw.social\/users\/andypiper"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493433","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T02:43:19+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian\/115526995582354400"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-original-tmp20260418043002.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-48-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-24-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77066"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais.","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","note":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais."}},"content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> <\/p>

One key might be to stop encouraging people to join barely-memorable servers with which they have no real-world affinity, and instead encourage people to launch their own servers for a group which they have a real connection to, like their employer, university, city, family, church, club, or similar. <\/p>

I don't forget my work email address because I know where I work.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528758579068377","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528758579068377","objectType":"note","content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> @andypiper<\/a> <\/p>

One key might be to stop encouraging people to join barely-memorable servers with which they have no real-world affinity, and instead encourage people to launch their own servers for a group which they have a real connection to, like their employer, university, city, family, church, club, or similar. <\/p>

I don't forget my work email address because I know where I work.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493435","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526995582354400","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian\/115526995582354400"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/macaw.social\/users\/andypiper"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493435","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T02:43:18+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493435"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-original-tmp20260418043002.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-48-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-24-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77066"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260418043032.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais.","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","note":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais."}},"content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> I have heard this so often!<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528728718982788","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115528728718982788","objectType":"note","content":"

@julian<\/a> @FediTips<\/a> I have heard this so often!<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493404","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526994482075176","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian\/115526994482075176"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493404","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T02:37:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11493404"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian","displayName":"Julian Fietkau","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-original-tmp20221220160038.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-96-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-48-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-24-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77862"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77862-96-20230526103145.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Human-computer interaction #HCI, computer science & programming, home server & self-hosting, games and other fun stuff.Fediverse tool builder: @encyclia, @canary, FediRoster, Pinhole, ... see https:\/\/fietkau.software\/tag\/fediverse for more. I also help out with @fedidevs. If you do HCI-related research, check out https:\/\/directory.hci.social.He\/him. Posting mostly in English, but you might see the occasional German boost.","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"julian","displayName":"Julian Fietkau","note":"Human-computer interaction #HCI, computer science & programming, home server & self-hosting, games and other fun stuff.Fediverse tool builder: @encyclia, @canary, FediRoster, Pinhole, ... see https:\/\/fietkau.software\/tag\/fediverse for more. I also help out with @fedidevs. If you do HCI-related research, check out https:\/\/directory.hci.social.He\/him. Posting mostly in English, but you might see the occasional German boost."}},"content":"

@FediTips<\/a> I feel like when people ask for randomly assigned servers, there's a strange forgetfulness about which specific problem the default server was meant to solve.<\/p>

Among people who signed up in 2022, the biggest reason (by far!) why people involuntarily left \u2013 that is, wanted to keep using Mastodon but failed to \u2013 was that they changed phones or browsers or just wanted to sign in on another device, and couldn't because they didn't know what server they were on.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-21:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526994482075176","object":{"id":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/users\/julian\/statuses\/115526994482075176","objectType":"note","content":"

@FediTips<\/a> I feel like when people ask for randomly assigned servers, there's a strange forgetfulness about which specific problem the default server was meant to solve.<\/p>

Among people who signed up in 2022, the biggest reason (by far!) why people involuntarily left \u2013 that is, wanted to keep using Mastodon but failed to \u2013 was that they changed phones or browsers or just wanted to sign in on another device, and couldn't because they didn't know what server they were on.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian\/115526994482075176","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-11-11:objectType=thread:nonce=8badd1343f26efa3","notice_info":{"local_id":"11493390","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-11-11T02:35:04+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/fietkau.social\/@julian\/115526994482075176"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5851333","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}