Brian
Janna Bastow
BuffaloCrisps@bastow I am probably going to do the same thing. But I will be going to the Irish one: .ie. And I swear if you want Art and science you will find it there. (Not sure about the other stuff.)
leymoo (Ashley Rolfmore)@bastow https://hachyderm.io seems to be where a lot of coders & designers have ended up. I’ve noticed product people have scattered all over the place so far.
João Pinheiro@bastow The question is: what type of server would you like to find?
Cory Chaplin@bastow Looks like #Hachyderm hosts a fun tech bunch.
Daphne@bastow I don't have a particular recommendation, though I've been happy enough on my current host so far.
I wouldn't recommend fediscience dot org, as I've seen recent evidence that it's not adequately defederating from hate.
Jim Lopez@bastow I chose masto.ai.
Robee? Na! 🌈@bastow I like mastodon.art, they have a really nice code of conduct https://mastodon.art/about
House of the Hill
Ross Mayfield@bastow interesting, why?
@ross https://retro.social/@ajroach42/109377815959702190
Something about it having crap moderation, and it being under threat of suspension? No idea what that actually means, but it also feels way too generic for me.
I want to get out of the main party room 😂
Andrew (R.S Admin) (@[email protected])
Moderation announcements: #mastoadmin We've silenced journo.host. I'm going to leave it at silence for a few days so that the few people our members follow to have a chance to migrate away and post about it. I haven't suspended mastodon.social yet, because there are just So Many people there who don't know any better but their recent moderation decisions are unforgivable. If you're #newhere or not, and are on mastodon.social, find somewhere with better moderation policies to migrate to. Let me know if you need help. I'll be glad to provide it.
@bastow thanks, agree there’s a big difference in the now, next, later when moderation is by the sysadmin; and norms and conventions haven’t settled. My use is less about the server which is why I asked. Portability is yet a feature.
Luke Chadwick
Gerard@bastow I've moved to hachyderm.io, having noticed a few fellow members of the bird diaspora moved here.
soopakoopatrupa@bastow ooh please let me know what you find. I’m into all those things too :) 🤞
M. Scully@bastow what's the actual difference? (Newbie here) I went with masto.ai purely for brevity and ease of communicating it.
@Scully that's one of the factors I'm considering 😂
Catherine Louis@bastow hachyderm.io is being managed beautifully.
Stephen M. Sanders@bastow universeodon.com
fedi 
@bastow maybe https://merveilles.town but not sure how difficult it is to get an account.
Parkton@bastow I’m on Mastodon.world. Happy here so far.
nikol
Thom_D
Richard Bairwell@bastow There's UK specific ones (I've just moved from .social to https://mastodon.org.uk ), but there's also https://mastodonapp.uk/about and also https://know.me.uk/about : for ADHD there's https://neurodifferent.me/about and for general techy stuff I've currently got accounts on https://hachyderm.io/about for general tech stuff ( @nova seems brill!) and https://functional.cafe/about for general programming stuff.
Stats Tesla App@bastow does your exposure affected by which server you choose to register with? My understanding is that your server just determines where your stuff is hosted and you have access to posts on all other servers (unless the server has banned your server for some reason)
Max 
JJ Rorie@bastow I am on mstdn.party. It's been fine so far. Can't say I joined it for any particular reason other than I liked the idea of a party. 🥳
Saielle (she/they)@bastow hachyderm.io is a good one, as are lots of others. Nova is a great admin and lots of great folks are there.
christian crumlish@bastow i just moved from mstdn.social to indieweb.social and it seems pretty cool — haven’t found a product-oriented instance yet
Justin Fitzsimmons@bastow I can't vouch for any of these but here are some decent-looking instances I've spotted from my follows:
TECH:
https://hachyderm.io
https://tech.lgbt
https://techhub.social
SCIENCE:
https://fediscience.org
https://sciencemastodon.com
https://sciences.social
I'll update if I come across anything else!
Appreciative Gator-grizzly@bastow I've been very happy with sauropods.win -- all sorts of science and artwork there, not just dinosaurs (tho there is a lot of cool dinosaur & paleontology art/discussion, too!)
sheilaellen@bastow you may find this site useful: https://instances.social/ Once you get past the wizard, you can switch to advanced mode to sort/filter the list by size, uptime, activity, connectedness, etc. You can also search by keywords.
PammyStarr 
✍️@bastow if you love tech stuff Twit.social is the instance for Twit.tv. It’s Leo Laporte and lots of tech guys that yap up what average everyday things are going on in the world of technology, how to use Microsoft’s and how to use Apple products. Twit.tv is basically The View for nerds. I turn it on and watch it for hours.
tina@bastow I’m on hci.social because who would I trust to run the server responsibly if not HCI researchers :)