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Should we revisit the instance picker to have an easier default choice? (media.piefed.zip)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social
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Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1quso40/european_reddit_alternative_piefed_users_surge/o3cfxy9/

Also found in a !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com post by @biltong@piefed.co.za : https://piefed.co.za/c/fedibridge/p/22233/post-on-r-buyfromeu-on-the-recent-surge-of-users-to-piefed

I like the way Voyager does it: image

https://vger.app/profile

DeltaChat also has a very easy onboarding process: you just put your name, and that's it. The app creates the password in the background and allows you to switch servers easily. That really helps with onboarding new joiners.

Piefed.zip could be a nice default choice. If there are others you see, feel free to suggest.

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[–] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

maybe like p2p/torrent? prioritise based on some mathematical equation involving bandwidth, users and server stability

if this means a few big pro run servers end up taking the dominant share is this really a bad thing so long as other servers are available?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I'd say for the health of decentralisation we don't really want to encourage any server having more than ~15% of users.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    If 10k new Piefed users show up tomorrow if is better to lose them or to have them on two instances that would both have 40% of the userbase?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    It's better to keep them for sure. I'm just saying in a perfect world.

    With the servers and setup we have now it's probably best if they just end up and the most stable wel run instances (as I've been pointing then to)

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