Kevin Markswatching my son try to decide which instance to join made me realise that we need a way to preview instances local/federated streams. So I made one: http://www.unmung.com/mastoview?url=mastodon.social&view=local
Aswath Rao@kevinmarks @danyork If it matters which instance to join, then I am afraid that this seed will blossom into a handful hegemonic instances which will further consolidate their positions by restricting federation.