Hey new people joining, so nice to see you all! 👋

If you need help getting started on on Mastodon and the Fediverse, have a look at these sites:

➡️ https://fedi.tips
➡️ https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/blob/main/README.md
➡️ https://mastodon.help

If you still need help, @ me and I will help you directly!

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@feditips Thank you. I most definitely need to look at these. Right now I am just wandering aimlessly, it's all so different from Twitter - I even failed at uploading my profile/header pic... I will sort it out though, lol, I've literally only been here two minutes.
@Sam_Walker @feditips when I joined the server was slow because of these kinds of sudden waves of people joining, if it doesn’t work then don’t give up and try again later— things will settle down
@Sam_Walker @feditips you aren’t alone. Fellow addled wanderer here reeling from the lack of a curated timeline. Hopefully we will figure this all out
@feditips hey, is there a way I can temporarily visit other servers? I want to find people to follow in different communities. I’m using metatext, which I heard has that function but I can’t find it?

@astrally
Hi astral, hi am pretty new but my understanding is that if you are searching by #HashTags or in #Comments that search will be across all #Federated servers and it seems (imho) to be the best way to find new people

In metatext (no experience of it) there will be a option to view everything on your instance (server) or everything posted on all federated instances

Try #Feditips if still stuck use loads of #HashTags
#Metatext #help #Newbie

@astrally @feditips when you add a server you have an option to browse its local timeline instead of signing in or up. If it’s not available, then it means the instance you want to browse forbids it.
@astrally Toot! by @tootapp allows you to add multiple instances to browse their local timelines without logging in. Then if you want to interact with a post on another instance, it asks you which account to use for the interaction. Pretty nicely done I think.

@feditips

Genuinely this information has been a good read for me, I hope more people find this information quickly and easily.

Thank you for the post.

@feditips thanks so very very much for taking the time to do this
@feditips really not getting the instances thing but I’m struggling along using hashtags. That will have to do. I’m not techie so there’s that.

@janescanlan

Instances are like email servers. You have the big "free" ones like mastodon.social or mastodon.uk, but also company, community, and personal ones such as phpc.social. And hopefully soon news organisations have their own too.

https://mattbrown.dev/mastodon/ explains it better, and is a lot nicer looking 🙂

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@feditips Thank you for your tireless encouragements and assistance!
@feditips yeah it's all a bit confusing. Thx!
@feditips do you know of an easier way to follow someone than to actually search for them? I can’t find an option to follow someone once I’ve found their profile through any other means than directly searching for them. There is no follow option in the drop down menus or visible on the post? Am I missing something?
@feditips Thanks for this helpful info. I'm brand new and trying to find accounts I had previously followed on twitter. When I do a search, I often get multiple suggestions for the same site (see below). Do I need to follow all of them to get the full content? And why are so many of them empty? Could they be fakes? #findingmywayaround
@feditips follow me for more AI arts 🥶🤭
@feditips How do I set a filter - or what do I need to:
- find mostly Canadian content
- mute/ignore/filter out US politics and related garbage
@feditips Hey @MileHighBrendan This is a good account to follow and website to check out.
@feditips am actually new to everything about this app
@feditips thx for the Tips....First time using this Media Format.
@feditips How do I reset my password? I am not even sure how I am typing this since I can't log on.
@feditips , I can't reset my password as I've forgotten it. I enter through a link I first got
@feditips Thank you ⭐ Very kind of you to share links and information about Mastadon 🤗