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   ISibboI (isibboi@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 01-May-2026 20:46:04 JST ISibboI

   • Tim Chambers
   • Renaud Chaput
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   >Right now, too many newcomers default to the largest servers. We want to change that—because Mastodon is best when communities are spread across many independent servers.

   Not really. If on a small server, the global feed is very biased, and the recommendation algorithms in "discover" do not work well, or are also biased. Unless you happen to join a small server with people who happen to share most of your interests, you are better off ....

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Friday, 01-May-2026 20:46:04 JST Tim Chambers

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     • Renaud Chaput
     • jonny (nonvenomous)
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     @ISibboI @news @jonny @photography @renchap Agree that those issues of discovery are big issues with smaller servers today. Couldn’t things like the Fediscovery FASP we mention alleviate those?

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Friday, 01-May-2026 20:57:16 JST Tim Chambers

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     • Renaud Chaput
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     @renchap @ISibboI @news @jonny @photography That is great!

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     Renaud Chaput (renchap@oisaur.com)'s status on Friday, 01-May-2026 20:57:18 JST Renaud Chaput

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     • Tim Chambers
     • jonny (nonvenomous)
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     @tchambers yes, this is the goal. We plan to work on the last steps of Fediscovery in Mastodon in the coming months so any admin could enable it.

     @ISibboI @news @jonny @photography