Yep that was a change a while back. Choice makes some people think there's too much effort involved so the first recommendation is a random "general" server. You can still see the list if you want.
The truth of it tends to be more that gun nuts own a dozen or more guns which skews things, but legitimately iirc over 40% of US households have at least one.
What they've done, is in the user info field (which already has a ton of information that almost nobody ever fills out) they added a date of birth field. They do not control what it's used for, who's going to use it, or if the user will ever bother filling it out. Perhaps nobody will ever implement a use for it, it's really nothing.
Yep that was a change a while back. Choice makes some people think there's too much effort involved so the first recommendation is a random "general" server. You can still see the list if you want.