@ultradeb

The "choose an instance" and "follow interesting people" seem to be very challenging for many people.

@stwhite @ultradeb I think that people might get overwhelmed by the large choice of instances (I doubt people believe the oft-written advice 'it doesn't matter where you start')... and then find many not taking new users at the moment.

I signed up for an approval and never heard back after weeks and forgot about it. Eventually I found an interesting instance that was taking users.

@whyJoe @ultradeb

Yeah, there are certainly some traffic jam issues. Massive influx can make that dicey. One big reason I spun up my own instances.