It’s a really good idea as it makes it much easier for people to get bootstrapped. Obvious downside is that these packs will create biases in the feeds people see, but on balance I think the benefits outweigh the downsides here. The key part is to get more people using the fediverse and to make it a viable alternative to corporate networks for regular people.
Lemmy needs this too. Getting started is too confusing.
Wouldn’t hurt. Something where you put in your interests, and then it suggests servers and communities to join would help people get on boarded and actually see enough content to stay engaged.
Original source: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/
lemmy unofficially had something like this for people who used the mobile apps to read lemmy.
it was the inverse of this (ie a curated list of people to block) and i think that this is a MUCH better use of that kind of effort.
