Since Mastodon.social has been down for registration, what id driving you to pick your particular instance?
Personally I went with the next highest userbase, uptime, and the stated amount of federation.
How about everyone else?
@Rasgueado Definitely the name. And the creator's "house rules".
I LOVE THE OCTODON!
@Rasgueado I tried finding an instance operated by someone from my country, probably more network efficient (though honestly I have no idea :wink: )
@Rasgueado Also I think the domain name had an influence.
@Rasgueado the number of instances it is connected to, and ipsec
@Rasgueado this one said it was cute. That's all I needed to hear.
@Rasgueado Does feel like we missed out on the canonical instance, but that might just be "getting used to federation" over time. Not sure what it's going to mean long term.
@randomhappening I thoguht the same thing! I had that pang of... "awww... it's not the source" but... it seems alright still so far. =D
@Rasgueado It's feels like it will be a problem in the future as name-squatting becomes a thing. How do you tell who is the real Shatner, for instance? Can I just register as Coca-cola? etc etc
But yes, so far, no real problems as long as you pull from the federated timeline.
@randomhappening I'm very curious to see how this will shake out. What types of groups/media will make a push on here first, and what vector/instance will they use.
Maybe the way for brands to use it would be to just make their own instance, and federate themselves into the public timeline?
@Rasgueado Or the server index becomes a registry...like Identity Verification service and an indicator to show who "passed"?
@Rasgueado - up-time rating and https compatibility. I didn't think to check the federation at the time.
I'll probably be keeping an eye out for instance themes I like from now on.
@Rasgueado No idea. My friend @darkblade just sent me a link and I registered. I'm on Mastodon.cc, some people registered through Mastodon.xyz, other with Mastodon.social... It's a bit confusing at time, but I guess it works like an e-mail address.
@teddiesage1987 @darkblade that's the way I understand it to now yes! I was feeling a bit weird about it at first, but it all seems to make sense now!
@Rasgueado similar reasons to yourself but also saw.de domain at social.tchncs.de - have always had respect for German hacker/open source ethos since 1980s and days of Chaos Computer Club etc.
German folk (away from big corporates, politicians etc) tend to be smart, produce and share cool stuff and keep projects going even when there isn't profit involved) - I still visit (German language) websites about tech and electronics that were set up in the 1990s and running to this day.
@vfrmedia I like your decision making metodology a *Lot* more than mine. =D
@Rasgueado I picked something that seemed neutral and open.
@Rasgueado My friend @Tempben showed this to me. I just went with the server with the most attractive name + registrations opened. I figure'd since they we're all linked that it didn't matter.
@darkblade @Tempben the name was part of it for me too. It reminded me of Chuck Norris and the Octogon, which was used in a really good bit on the Colbert Report.
So far, most other people seem to have a better decision making thought process than I do. =D
@Rasgueado https security score and short domain :)
@comzeradd a much smarter decision process than I used. I didn't even *consider* the possibility of security. #oops
@Rasgueado I figured any place that advertised itself as being art oriented, that's where I'd be interested in being.
I do wonder if it will get hammered by the need to store tons of images...
@Rasgueado I picked one that federated and they said it was cute.