• Tech News Social Media Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse New users may soon see recommended servers to join when signing up. • New users may soon see recommended servers to join when signing up. • Link Share Gift New users on the decentralized social network Mastodon could soon have an easier time getting started. • Mastodon is running “onboarding experiments” to test ways to improve the new user experience, starting with default server recommendations. • Now when new users join Mastodon from the mobile app, they may see a button to “join” a recommended server rather than the default “join mastodon.social” button that’s currently displayed. • Unlike most other social platforms, Mastodon has hundreds of independent servers users can join, catering to different communities and niches.
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- Mastodon is piloting new onboarding experiments to simplify the first‑time user experience on its decentralized platform. The mobile app will now offer a “join” button that recommends a server based on geographic location and language, rather than defaulting to mastodon.social. The company plans to expand server classification by demographics, interests and region. Alongside these changes, Mastodon has launched a help center with guides, introduced “Packs” that suggest follow‑lists, and announced a shift from Discord to the open‑source chat app Zulip as part of a broader move toward free and open‑source software infrastructure.
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