Well, this isn’t exactly “news”: <blockquote> Social media guidelines
The name and handle of your social media account and any and all pages cannot begin with a Mastodon word mark, or a similar mark (e.g. “mastodoon”, “mast0don”, “mstdn”). In addition, Mastodon logos cannot be used in a way that might suggest affiliation with or endorsement by Mastodon. </blockquote> —— <a href=“https://github.com/mastodon/joinmastodon/commit/020d62dc2df5b8a65abe9562631397ce16ed4d8f#diff-5d601b708be2b031188d61b2902f5d210ec77d4588439666bb56df6b6a0b866aR55” rel=“ugc”>https://github.com/mastodon/joinmastodon/~</a> (2022) But this is the first time they’ve included proactive reminders within the software. Comments
That seems counterproductive. It forces admins to use random naming conventions which makes it much more confusing for new users. Is it not even allowed for subdomains?