Sean Bennick
Stephen FryA ✅ has appeared in my profile. Hurrah for that. I think we have to realise that the learning curve here is steepish, but rather than be anxious about it, shouldn’t we should celebrate the adventure of slowly finding out something that was puzzling at first? Like your first week at school or in a new office building. We’ll get there and soon laugh at how confused me were at first. I hope!
Nat Elam@stephenfry I couldn't agree more! Well said.
Patrick Chizeck@stephenfry We are bumbling around in the dark, but we're doing it together!
Wandering Tiger@chizeck @stephenfry
My first [birdsite] experience was with a charity I worked for, trying to tell local people we had certain things in stock, whilst not having a clue if anyone at all, let alone anyone local, ever saw my posts
My first [birdsite] experience was with a charity I worked for, trying to tell local people we had certain things in stock, whilst not having a clue if anyone at all, let alone anyone local, ever saw my posts
Dave Swersky@stephenfry Absolutely! Most of us remember when the Site Who Shall Not Be Named was weird, quirky... new!
ratbug@stephenfry I have found it quite humbling to be a newcomer
Sandy Kenneally🇿🇼🇮🇪@ratbug @stephenfry Yes, this 👆
Dollydreamer@stephenfry yay love u Stephen x
retrolegend 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️It really helps that you are here!
We are all in this together
Kate W@stephenfry Hopefully, we'll all get the hang of it. Once you've found the toilets and the coffee machine, anything else is a bonus.
Suzi J@stephenfry As wise as ever. Thank you from little old me here in France 🇫🇷.
Jon M@stephenfry there is a bit of tinkering needed, but the end user experience isn’t that different. Hopefully friendlier and kinder too. Welcome to Mastodon.
Andrea@stephenfry Yes! SO good that you're here :D
Olly 💀💀@stephenfry it's an adventure I've been thoroughly enjoying!
Chris Child@stephenfry welcome!
Mark@stephenfry
But with less bullies. Welcome
But with less bullies. Welcome
Snop@stephenfry Yes! I love learning new stuff. Although I hate looking like an idiot whilst I figure it out. Learning is a privilege not a chore. Being technically inept is not a blessing in modern times though 🤦♀️
KizzyDazeOh. Hello mirror... 😉 😂
Pixie Bronson@stephenfry
Yes I'm learning from scratch here. Hope I can get my old brain around it!
Yes I'm learning from scratch here. Hope I can get my old brain around it!
Paul@stephenfry I agree. This is how I am seeing it: https://econtwitter.net/@prw/109320644048897267
Paul (@[email protected])
@trotesi I think we'll get there. I keep telling myself it is like subscribing to newsletters/RSS feeds - with all the customisation and time that takes! - but the eventual benefits will outstrip costs
Dan@stephenfry glad you are here!
En_kay8
Your Host 🐘@stephenfry I remember Twitter in the very beginning. I think this Mastodon is much better. But yes it is all new and strange... yet here we are.
idle-hand@stephenfry 5 days you will be a wiz at it.
Susan 
@stephenfry will you bring back the #followmestephen tag from way back when? I was one of those early and lucky enough to be a part of that piece of internet history ❤️
Ninmi@stephenfry Helps me to think of it like email. My Mastodon handle is just my "microblogging address".
@stephenfry It's like the bit when you emerge from a large train station in the middle of a new city. Best to just go for a wander, see what you notice and where you end up.
Damon Thomas@stephenfry I was once sent a review survey that contained – "Works well with ambiguity?" A solid life goal in general.
Richard Nicholls@stephenfry
Exactly this, yes!
Exactly this, yes!
ʞuᴉԀ ✅@stephenfry And you can edit this post to remove the accidental mistake. (May need to use the web app rather than a mobile app, YMMV)
Great to have you here and you'll settle in wonderfully in no time.
So🍋@stephenfry Been here a day. Bumbling around like an idiot, but love learning about it as well as using it!
G-Daddy
Thomas Lawson 🇨🇦/🇺🇸@stephenfry Perfect conjecture. I am hoping with you, fellow migrant wanderer.
Rgc74@stephenfry it's like opening a door to a room full of people that you don't know - but they don't throw things at you and simply ask that you don't throw things at them! I think bird place exiles have an implied duty to help keep it that way
Just Staci@stephenfry it has its charm for sure! And the policies are very “safety first” which I believe we can all appreciate in this day and age!
YvonneBrining@stephenfry that's just how I've likened it, first day at big school.
misprofessioned@stephenfry very 2010 twitter that crashed every 4 days vibes. Here is hoping it grows up better than that
jooliargh@stephenfry Or the early days in The Other Place. I got here a few days ahead of the rush and it felt a lot like that. In a good way 😊
Nichole McIntosh@stephenfry trying to keep up and embrace the temporary state of confusion! 😊 #MastodonNewbie
Virtualastro@stephenfry It really is steep but worth it. I find it so much more relaxing here.
If you find the Night Sky interesting, give me a follow :)
If you find the Night Sky interesting, give me a follow :)
Akpowell01@stephenfry Brilliant advise. Like the early days of the internet.
Snapcase@stephenfry I think the learning curve is higher because there's no algorithm pushing you, and you have to work a little harder to find what you're interested it. It's anti-birdsite, and feels so much healthier.
Canzonett@stephenfry I feel it's a privilege to experience learning in a setting line this - so many people eager to explore together.
sanjeev bhaskar@stephenfry doing ADR on a film in French, a language I never learned and then arriving to be told that I now had lines in Cantonese. Most anxious and confusing time ever. I v managed to laugh about it after a while too.
Hero Tammes Buirs@stephenfry Exactly, we are all new students here, learning and listening and in the meantime having a little fun as well:)
Danie van der Merwe@stephenfry you want to do verification against a website or domain that you own - that will show a green bar on your profile. It is self-verifying...
nikkiana@stephenfry That's the spirit! :)
Adam Bishop@stephenfry Well done! 👏
™Sıɹ ∀upʎ ᴚǝǝlǝʎ 🇬🇧@stephenfry okay and what does the green tick signify?
Clepanto 
@stephenfry oh, bloody heaven, I cannot believe you are here 😍 welcome and thanks for coming
Simon Detheridge 
@stephenfry great to see you on here! 
Hope you managed to chuck a few quid towards @wild1145 - I can imagine the interest in your account hasn't been good for the server. 
CatMan@stephenfry And it did not cost you anything!
Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦@stephenfry Most of us are still picking up our lunch tray and nervously sitting down a table hoping that the children there will be nice to the new kid ;)
Laurie@stephenfry like your first poo without your nappy on. . . Or are you back there again ?
Hazie ☘️
philby123@stephenfry Hi Stephen, you have another follower, maybe one day you'll hit 12M again! 😀
ricardo 
@stephenfry you got this, fear not m'colleague.
Alex Bambury #ActuallyAutistic@stephenfry im personally loving the subtle differences between #Mastodon and #Twitter, i’ve noticed I’m using twitter less and less
Michael 
@stephenfry quite a decent site to get your tick from too. Some of us run a much shoddier operation.