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@jaz @stefan not quite lastly!

It's also better long-term for the ecosystem if people pay for their own Mastodon servers as SaaS. Giving links to masto.host, Fedihost, or Mastodon's hosting service towards the beginning of a site would help.

@jaz @stefan lastly, it's way better for the entire ecosystem if someone who wants to get on the Fediverse asks their employer or university about setting up a server under that domain.

Pushing people onto volunteer-run servers when they are members of organizations that can support their own servers might not be the best long-term solution.

@jaz @stefan

For people who already have a Meta account on Instagram or Facebook, signing up for Threads is easy and fast, and they can turn on Fediverse sharing with one click.

I get that many people don't want to share that information, but for most people in 2026, it's the fastest and easiest way to get on the Fediverse.

@jaz @stefan so, what about connection to a real-world account you might already have?

If you're an ACM member, you can use mastodon.acm.org. If you use Vivaldi, social.vivaldi.net. Medium author? me.dm. Flipboarder? flipboard.social.

People with WordPress and Ghost.org accounts may want to use them. They're not bad a general purpose Fediverse clients!

@evan @tml

It sounds like you were trying to make the Fediverse better and some people including me didn't understand it, maybe provoking the opposite response you wished.

Thank you for your work and the quick replies 😃 I'll keep observing how tags.pub evolves ^_^

@evan thx 🙏

Let me k ow if it becomes opt-in by tag. Then I'll want to use it again!