@detachedspork @oisin You're right with that. There has been many suggestions about how it _could_ be done.
* Rotate the default instance that people can sign up on with a list of X amount of servers or geo-based detection where it'll show you mastodon.ie for Ireland.
* Defederate from .social - There has been talks of this happening with certain instances already.
While I get .social and the team is trying to make it easier to onboard, it seems a bit short sighted.