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I'm really 50/50 about this. On one hand I can absolutely see how this is/can be a problem. On the other hand, the server selection stuff has been one of the biggest problems for adoption. So I don't know the solution. Is the solution to say "fk those people that can't handle the server stuff"? I don't know. Does the email "protocol" have issues because major players own most people's emails? Yes, because small email providers are often blocked or marked as spam.

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I find the lack of information about how many people are on the instances and reliability a bit.. Idk. That was something I used when I picked an instance. I picked one which was somewhat big but not too big and was reliable. instances.social helped me in that regard a lot.
Yes, size of the user base within an instance doesn't reaaally matter but it kinda does, esp. in the beginning when you don't know anyone. Nothing worse than empty timelines because the instance is too small

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That's a great tip, thank you for that!