@Tim Chambers @Alexia ΘΔ Of course, what makes a server "trusted" would have to be different from server software to server software.

For example, the criteria might include minimum moderation standards as well as a guaranteed minimum timespan between a shutdown announcement and the ensuing shutdown. But what fits Mastodon will not necessarily fit our three "nomadic" server applications. They largely put moderation into the hands of the users, appropriate tools for moderating their own streams included. And e.g. three months of warning ahead before a server goes offline are overkill for software that a) allows you to move your whole channel to another server at the drop of a hat and b) might not even make moving necessary if you've already cloned your channel.

Granted, the part with the clones currently only matters on Hubzilla. (streams) has only got two public servers with open registration as far as I know, and I don't know of Forte has any at all. So you've only got so many places, if any, to clone your channel to.

Still, if a server application is rather obscure, it only has very few servers, and not a single one of them actually counts as a "flagship" or "lighthouse" server, the whole application would remain absent from this system. This easily applies to (streams), not to mention Forte.

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