Eugen RochkoPlease direct your friends to joinmastodon.org or another instance of your choice like octodon.social, toot.cat or toot.cafe, etc. mastodon.social is "default" choice for a lot of people and it's getting kinda hammered right now.
You Are Destiny@Gargron Congrats on your success. =] Joined and encouraged others to join specifically for the considerate and inclusive design. The anti-nationalist policies in the ToS were icing on an already attractive cake.