➡️ new acct link in bioImagining if Mastodon called instances "neighborhoods" instead. The metaphor works really well IMO and doesn't sound like robot-speke.
soypunk@alexhillman would this just invite nextdoor-style communities though? I consider nextdoor a digital community anti-pattern fwiw.
@Soypunk I don't think so. Nextdoor's anti patterns are almost 100% driven by their recruitment strategy and winner-take-all zip code leadership model