Hello to all of the people checking out Mastodon! My first recommendation would be to pick a home server that _isn’t_ the main mastodon-dot-social one.

Figure out who runs different servers, what their model is to be sustainable across moderation & hosting, and what kind of people hang out there.

And yes, you should consider if #socialcoop is right for you — I pay to be a co-op member here https://wiki.social.coop/home.html