A roulette wheel of random instances is certainly a solution, but it’s not a great one, given that there are substantial differences between instances that could potentially impact a user’s fediverse experience, such as who they’re defederated from, whether they allow nsfw or downvotes, etc…
No, not unless the “choose an instance” problem at sign-up is resolved.
Its already solved, you get an automatic instance suggestion here: https://join-lemmy.org/
A roulette wheel of random instances is certainly a solution, but it’s not a great one, given that there are substantial differences between instances that could potentially impact a user’s fediverse experience, such as who they’re defederated from, whether they allow nsfw or downvotes, etc…
That. This is such a barrier to most people. Just make it default to one….
There are multiple defaults on https://join-lemmy.org/