Eugen RochkoApr 2, 2017
I really, really appreciate seeing so many follows from mastodon.xyz (a different, new instance). When telling your friends about Mastodon, don't always point them to mastodon.social - point them to mastodon.xyz, icosahedron.website, social.tchncs.de, gay.crime.team etc etc
Show threadHishamApr 2, 2017

@Gargron It would be great if the mastodon.social signup screen did that.

Even better if we had a website to the general Mastodon project which we could point people to, that offered signup for various instances.

Show threadwas B (this is my old account)Apr 2, 2017

@hisham_hm @Gargron Gargron, if you want help setting up a landing page or anything, I don't claim to be super skilled, but I'm happy to help.

I'll see if I can get something up on mastadon.social for starters, or maybe someone can help me turn mastadon.social into another instance!

Show threadEugen RochkoApr 2, 2017
@b_cavello @hisham_hm If mastadon and mastodon .social were both different instances people would be suuuper confused
Show threadtom hApr 2, 2017
@Gargron @hisham_hm @b_cavello I feel like new people would be a little bit less confused about federation if mastodon the software didn't have the same name as the main instance!
Show threadEugen Rochko
@tomharris @b_cavello @hisham_hm This is true and obvious in hindsight. I think I was betting on the .social TLD differentiating it.
Apr 2, 2017 at 8:07pmWeb
Show threadtom hApr 2, 2017
@Gargron @hisham_hm @b_cavello A little mistake only. Considering what a super job you've done on everything else, we'll forgive you :heart:
Show threadKaren CApr 2, 2017
@Gargron @hisham_hm @b_cavello @tomharris Heh. When I was writing Poli's message I literally went, "To make sure people understand I'm welcoming them to the fediverse and not just the instance, I'll say 'welcome to mastodon.social.'" :no_good_tone1: