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@julian@fietkau.social Yeah, this is an ongoing issue. I too am somewhat frustrated that the 'discoverable flag' is off by default. In that sense it's not that different than adding a hashtag to your profile. However, it DOES exist right now and people have been turning it on so it's better to draft behind something that has already been created than create something ELSE to explain.

"Adding something to the onboarding flow" is tricky. You are correct pointing out why defaults are so important (and contentious) I hope over time, as people realize that the discoverable flag hasn't caused the end of the fediverse, that we can (someday) move to turning it on by default. But today is not that day.

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There is a lot here and I'm coming at the end:
1. Should this be something users are asked about when creating an account?
No, users are a bit overwhelmed getting their new account up and working, throwing this into the 'education funnel' is likely to overwhelm.

2. Should this be gated behind a hashtag in bio?
No, It's clearly the easiest solution but also useless. Very few are will do this initially, which of course, doesn't encourage anyone else to join in.

3. Should this be gated behind an existing preference?
Yes, if people have global search turned on. They've ALREADY said they want be be found globally. If anyone is upset, they can easily turn it off (by changing the setting) The set of people that want to be globally searched and NOT found by this seems microscopic.

But conversations about this are always difficult and people have strong opinions. This is my personal take to promote discussion. Nothing official here!