Mastodon has announced a plan to make the service easier to join.

On the practical level, attention to these issues can make Mastodon easier to use, and that is good. In practical terms, this work is worth doing.

On the level of values, the reference to Mastodon as a "product" made me worry for Mastodon's future. The values associated with making a "product", and all the other words typically used by businesses, are corrupting. They infuse a set of goals that are incompatible with respecting people.