[JohnTHaller]

Having to 'pick a server' is a huge barrier for regular folks joining Mastodon. You don't need that for Facebook, Twitter, Threads, Bluesky, etc. If there were a huge well-funded and well-run default that people could optionally pick something different from, that would be another story.

[smcn]

Truth social being an example of a Mastodon server that doesn’t market itself as being .

Doesn’t federate either, and they’ve violated the license, but core concept is there to be copied.