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I don’t get why people act like it’s such a barrier to sign up. I guess cos it’s slightly beyond what they’re used to but damn. It’s really not that hard.
It's analysis paralysis. I do get it. You're presented with a huge list of instances and your brain kind of short circuits. It's a mental fallacy where it feels like a huge decision even though it's really not. You can super easily make another account somewhere else later, but that's not the instinctive feeling you get. Instead you feel like "oh no better not make a mistake and choose the wrong server!" and you end up making no decision at all instead.
It's why there is a constant tension around here between proponents of recommended "default" servers to ease onboarding and opponents who think this leads to an over-concentration of users on big servers in a way antithetical to the Fediverse ideal.
Need it to be more clear when picking a server that you can choose another server or multiple easily later. Also need clear warning about the tankies. Maybe a notice for any server that's significantly defederated