@chandlerc @thephd I think most people are overthinking it. You pick a random server to sign up on, that sounds interesting, start following people, that are interesting and just post what you want. The rest comes with time. It took me years to understand how hashtags, mentions, etc interact on Twitter. I still haven't really grokked lists and circles (so I just ignored them). And notifications just don't seem to work right. But it doesn't really matter their nor does it matter here.