So you didn’t get the choice at all? I guess people who sign up this way are going to be really confused why they can’t follow some accounts their friends can.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes the choose was there but it automatically was filled with a default instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

You can choose. But you don't have to.

The official Mastodon app has a box where you can pick one out of several hard-coded instances. It defaults to mastodon.social. You can pick a different instance if you want to. But you can also ignore it, scroll past it and let yourself be conveniently railroaded to mastodon.social without even knowing what an instance is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Better than no one having the ability to follow that person because a centrally controlled social media banned them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But worse than anyone being able to follow that person because they’re using a platform where moderation is separate from identity, as in AtProto.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You are misrepresenting it. You would still run into this issue. Moderation being separate doesn't mean it doesn't exist. You will still not be able to follow someone your friends follow because your moderation service banned then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can choose a different moderation service. That’s the point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And you can choose a different instance on ActivityPub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

That choice is tied to your identity and can’t be easily changed later, which is what I’m complaining about.