[sratner]

Not at all, but I do think it peculiar to be subject to what from my perspective is a random set of jurisdictions. Of course I understand why this is the case, but out of a handful of servers I looked at, only two specified where their data is hosted - for the rest, the same legal provisions obviously apply, but I have no way of knowing what they are.

I also don't know the specifics of German law, so the fact that my account could get suspended for violating something I am not aware of is peculiar in itself. The point is that there is no single privacy policy and single jurisdiction to worry about - it is a guess, depending on where the instance is hosted, and may even move under you without notice.

[edit: I am in the process of selecting an instance personally - I have not decided yet, and the process of picking one seems somewhat fraught.]

[toofy]

fair enough.

> I have not decided yet, and the process of picking one seems somewhat fraught

as someone who has been on mastodon for quite some time, i highly recommend one of the general servers and then not worrying about it from there. there’s an awful of lot of nonsense panic from people about “oh noes! which instance!”

i just looked and these are a few of general servers that are open right now

mstdn.plus mas.to geekdom.social mstdn.social mastodon.world mstdn.party

also, after you join, one of the first things you may want to do is use one of the tools to find people who you followed on twitter. something like movetodon (super easy) or fedifinder (a little more difficult).

good luck! if ya have any questions, lemme know.