@wiredfire @RuthiBrandt @feditips
And ideally in a way that is easy for people without tech knowledge to understand. Many of my friends run away just seeing the word “server” without some clear , reassuring context.
As it is now, not only does a newbie have to do some digging to add people on other instances (and even that sometimes fails at the search level), but the mastodon site is unclear on how that person joins at all. It’s there, but not in the front page and not very clear.