So let me get this right...
The Mastodon app is no defaulting to mastodon.social so that when people join they aren't confused and can decide to switch instances if they choose.
Which, let's be honest, most wont.
I get trying to play to peoples expectations. People expect Mastodon to be like Twitter because that's what everyone compares it to, and when they are asked to select an instance, their brains glitch and they become disinterested.
Will this work? I don't know. Time will tell.
@Mrfunkedude what is crazy is that this is the only "challenging" thing about Mastodon.
I was ready to jump ship from the birdsite (and a friend had already come over) - I couldn't join mastodon.social because it was not available at the time and rushed to a decision as to which instance to join (happy to be part of the one I'm in but might've selected something that was more focused on a hobby perhaps).
That selection definitely did stop some of my birdsite friends from coming over though. 🙁
On the plus side, I think it keeps a bunch of shitty people off of Mastodon also!
You may have a good point there, perhaps we need to start a campaign to get mastodon added to some basic IT courses, or rather get them to teach Mastodon rather than twitter.
