whilst I have ambled around the "tootle-kingdom" over a few years, there are several handy guides for those who feel somewhat lost... or simply curious to learn more -- including this delicious getting-started guide to #Mastoston

aka "An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon"

http://guidetomastodon.com

-- with thanks to @noelle

author of this #GuideToMastodon