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WarInTheFuture Nov 6, 2022

New here and still learning about Mastodon - please be patient with me. And if there are good tips about using this, please let me know!

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RobinK Nov 6, 2022

@WarInTheFuture

Genuinely excited to find you here. You've been one of my favourite follows since 24 Feb.

Regarding tips, I am sure you have found these already, but if not:

Well-written backgrounder on the Fediverse in general: https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-earth-fediverse

Mastodon 101: https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/

Mastodon 202: https://fedi.tips/

Searchable list of instances (large instances seem to be experiencing load issues what with all the Twitter refugees): https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list

Hope that helps.

What on Earth Is the Fediverse?

It isn’t a social media site but a decentralized collection of servers that represents an entirely different way of organizing social media.

Lawfare

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RobinK

@WarInTheFuture And here is a very comprehensive list of Mastodon related resources: https://researchbuzz.me/2022/11/05/a-big-list-of-mastodon-resources/

A Big List of Mastodon Resources

I took a pop at Mastodon several years ago, but it didn’t work. I couldn’t figure out how to make it social, and I didn’t have a good grasp of how the “federated” part…

ResearchBuzz