Screenshot (by fedi.tips) of official Mastodon app with emphasised/filled in “Join mastodon.social” button on top of a deemphasised (hollow) “Pick my own Server” button

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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Friday, 21-Apr-2023 21:11:50 UTC Aral Balkan

   Dear @Gargron,

   Please reevaluate your decision to incentivise centralisation on mastodon.social in the official app.

   This is the sort of design a VC-funded startup would implement, not a non-profit acting in the interests of a healthy commons.

   I’m sure you don’t want mastodon.social to become mini-Twitter and you don’t want to become mini-Musk.

   That’s not how we win this.

   More instances, not larger instances is the key.

   https://mastodon.ar.al/@feditips@mstdn.social/110233282943673558

   #decentralisation #fediverse #staySmall