Comment on Voyager moved the default instance to lemmy.zip

• Quicky@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah I don’t blame you either. But I do think the default server should be more inclusive than less, particularly at the potential starting point of a user’s introduction to the fediverse.

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  • aeharding@vger.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I could see that argument, but I also wanted to pick the best instance for most people, not necessarily an instance that works in every country with every shitty law. We’re all volunteers here.

    And I might change in the future, or create a way for the app to chose a fallback default instance for a better user experience.

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    • Quicky@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yep, a region check that sets an alternative default for countries that are blocked by the default server makes way more sense than the default being inaccessible for them.

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      • greybeard@feddit.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        A region check might be a good way to handle it and load balance at the same time. Pushing people to a larger variety of instances while also making it easy on them. The down side is certainly the overhead of vetting and maintaining the list.

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