Not to let the cat out of the bag prematurely, but...

[scott@sfba.social]

@haubles @Mastodon #ServerSpotlight is good but out of context I wouldn’t immediately think it was referring to anything Mastodon-related. What about including Mastodon for context? Like #MastodonServerSpotlight or #MastoSpotlight or #MastoRecs?

The “server” word feels very server-y, as if it pertains to physical hardware (running home lab servers etc) but that’s my bias! :)

[apbblue@thepit.social]

@haubles @Mastodon I'm always going to choose the option with alliteration. 😂

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

@haubles AltServer or AltInstance. But just saying instance is also sufficient, in my opinion. The Fediverse should be about cooperation, not competition :) @Mastodon

[pablobm@metalhead.club]

@scott @haubles @Mastodon I think you are on to something there. Given the context, wouldn’t the word “instance” be more appropriate than “server”?

[danny@social.sutcliffe.xyz]

@haubles @Mastodon feature sounds endorsed (or perhaps in vague reference to a feature of a server), highlight somewhat has the same issue or somewhat implies that that server is superior imo, but I think spotlight works well as it gives you the mental image of figuratively "shining a spotlight" on a particular server as to show how cool it is

[mrdk@mathstodon.xyz]

@haubles @Mastodon #CoolServers of course! 🙂

[haubles@hachyderm.io]

@pablobm @scott @Mastodon yeah, I take your point about delineating between "physical hardware" and "community space" but I think Discord and Minecraft already ruined that for us

[wordsmith@writing.exchange]

@haubles #Fediverse. It's already established and busy, helps divest servers from the smaller Mastodon sphere and doesn't scare non-techies with the use of "server" in the tag.

[haubles@hachyderm.io]

@APBBlue a poster after my own heart 💞

@Mastodon

[haubles@hachyderm.io]

@wordsmith 100%, we'll definitely add #Fediverse and #Mastodon to these posts too, but want a dedicated one for people to scroll this content specifically too

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@haubles Out of these I like Server Spotlight the most, but personally I've been referring to fediverse communities instead of servers more lately.

Any thoughts on that?

(Glad that people don't seem to say "instances" much anymore.)

@Mastodon

[goosedbear@woof.group]

@haubles @Mastodon Server Spotlight was my vote but I'd really recommend mirroring @FediGarden as well in posts because their work there and their other Fedi projects have been so helpful to me as I moved to Mastodon and they already do a similar thing so would be good to boost from both ends.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@haubles @Mastodon

#OtherInstancesForInstance :)

[nofollownoindex@mastodon.trueten.de]

@haubles @Mastodon FediServe or MastoServe would be my suggestion.

[haubles@hachyderm.io]

@stefan hahahaha I sure do! https://hachyderm.io/@haubles/116845826496261433

I love doing something like Community Spotlight, but is that too much of a namespace collision with the Community Spotlight blog series? Maybe I'm overthinking it!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/05/community-spotlight-tzipporah-and-yehuda-of-turtle-island-social/

@Mastodon

[haubles@hachyderm.io]

@neil heeheehehehehe <3 I love this @Mastodon

[scott@sfba.social]

@pablobm @haubles @Mastodon For what it’s worth… yes “instance” makes more sense to me personally (cough nerd cough) but I suspect it’s not as familiar and accessible to new folks. I like that Mastodon (the org) has been shifting to “server” as it’s more familiar to people. (Though no one says Gmail is their email “server”. Hmm, I’m not sure what they say! Normies don’t discuss servers or instances or providers…) 😅

[scott@sfba.social]

@haubles @Mastodon Maybe…

#FeaturedMastodonian ?

#CommunitySpotlight ?

#FeaturedCommunity ?

[haubles@hachyderm.io]

@scott @stefan get over here - we've ended up on Community Spotlight in this part of the thread too! @Mastodon

[finchhaven@sfba.social]

@haubles

#AltMastodon obviously