FediTips has moved!

There have been a lot of fresh faces here recently. If you're totally new to Mastodon or the Fediverse, welcome! 👋

It works a bit like email: you only need to sign up on one site, because you can follow people on other sites as the sites talk to each other. Telephones are similar, you can call people on other phone networks without having to buy a new phone, because phone networks are all connected together.

There are lots of good reasons why the Fediverse works like this, here's a thread explaining more about this: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/107083735491993183

If you're looking for people to follow, here are a couple of good places to try:

Trunk is a community-run opt-in directory of people looking for followers, you can browse it at https://communitywiki.org/trunk

FediFollows is a directory of accounts dedicated to specific topics, you can browse it at https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows/106855947486154929

If you have any questions about Mastodon or the Fediverse, @ me or DM me!

#FediTips #MastoTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

Fedi.Tips (@[email protected])

If you're used to centralised networks like Facebook, you may be wondering why Mastodon and the Fediverse are spread across thousands of sites. Why not just have a single site where people sign up? There are many important reasons, but maybe the most important is this: Networks on single sites tend to be bought by bad people when they get popular 😠 It happened to Instagram (bought by Facebook), it happened to Whatsapp (bought by Facebook), it happened to YouTube (bought by Google). It can happen to ANYTHING built entirely around one site. No matter how much you trust the people who run a site, when someone offers them billions of dollars they may just take the money. Decentralised networks, where there is no central site, are much more resistant to buyouts. No one owns the global email network, thousands of indie players like @[email protected] and @[email protected] are able to offer alternatives, and if one provider behaves badly you can switch to a different provider. #FediTips #Fediverse

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Oct 25, 2021 at 5:42pmWeb
Show threadWeaviselOct 25, 2021
@feditips thanks! Saved the toot, it's really helpful
Show threadDuckOct 28, 2021
Hey @feditips I’m trying to find a good instance to join that’s focused on #education and #teaching discussions. Any thoughts on where to look or has one not been established yet? Same goes for people to follow and talk to. Thoughts?
Show threadFediTips has moved!Oct 28, 2021

@duckus

Hey there! There's a list of people looking for followers and interested in education on Trunk:

https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Education

and academia:

https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Academia

There are also people interested in a number of specific fields listed on Trunk's front page:

https://communitywiki.org/trunk

FediFollows has some suggestions for academic accounts:

https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows/tagged/academic

I don't know of any education instances, but if you know someone who wants to start one they might want to take a look at services like https://masto.host (it doesn't require any tech skills).