Post #2802464
2023-04-20 21:33 UTC
There is technically still an option on the official app to "pick my own server", but it's much harder to read or notice, and new users will probably click the mastodon.social button without even understanding the other button.
Mastodon.social just passed 1 million registered users about a week ago, out of a total network of approx 7 to 11 million users (dependiing on how you count them).
Most of these users probably signed up via the official app.
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@feditips@mstdn.social 2023-04-20 21:33
For the first time ever, the most common way to sign up on the Fediverse is now directing people to sign up on one specific server, rather than making them choose. This will make mastodon.social grow even more quickly than it has before, and future waves of new Mastodon users may end up mostly there. It's very plausible this one server could become the majority of the Fediverse in the near future. If that happens, the Fediverse would no longer be protected from buyouts by nasty people. (3/6)