i see an argument that mastodon.social is needed for onboarding

so, let’s do something very scientific: which fedi instance did you start with?

(boost for bigger sample)

(mastodon forks count as mastodon)

edit: can’t believe i have FAQs for a poll but here you go:

• “what counts as big?” → use your subjective judgement. the “scientific” part is a recurring joke in polls here so don’t worry too much about it. here are some suggested criteria, but feel free to use your own:
  • if it needs a team to moderate, it’s big
  • if the local timeline is always busy, it’s big
  • if the monthly active users are in thousands, definitely big
• “what does ‘current instance’ mean?” → it means the one you started with is the one you’re currently on
• “what if more than one options apply?” → if you starts on mastodon.social or if you self-host, select the respective options. if both of those apply, then you must be gargron, in which case please choose whichever option you want.
• “does managed hosting like masto.host count as self-host?” → i’d say yes, but if you feel like it doesn’t, then don’t count it.
• “if i join it but immediately switch to another, which one should be the answer?” → whichever one makes you think “so this is fedi, it’s worth a try/worth staying on”
• if you already voted but with a different assumption from what said above → don’t worry about it