Good morning Mastodonistas! We walk out into a wall of darkness, our torch beam alive with droplets of water, suspended in cold morning air, the light rises imperceptibly as we walk, the dawn lost in the fog, the day delayed, the ground frost crisp beneath our feet; we walk on
@meer_salt

Good morning for you too!

Is your salutation extendable to other inhabitants of the #Fediverse, like me, on #Pleroma?
@joao good morning! I hope so, we are all Mastodonistas wherever we are!
@meer_salt

I'm sorry my friend, but that's not correct.

We're all #Fedivertians, #Fediversistas or somethingof the kind. Some are Mastodonistas, not all.

Calling that to everybody is really an "offence" to all other projects that built the #Fediverse where Mastodon came into existence some years later.

Mastodon is the one which is most well-known, but it's also the one which is the least democratic. It's a one person project and job. Eugen, its owner and developer is very closed to other people's opinions and suggestions and is very focused in the promotion of Mastodon as synonym of The Fediverse, which it is not! He has been doing very well at raising funds for himself too.

So, please, don't give others the idea that we're all Mastodonistas, because we aren't. It hurts a lot of people who have been creating a Federation of Diverse platforms with their hard work, their knowledge and love!

Are you Brazilian?
@joao thank you for that, I am pretty new here and still getting my head around the #Fediverse - I shall greet #Fediversistas from now on! I’m afraid I’m not Brazilian, I am from Britain
@meer_salt

No problem! I hope I didn't sound harsh or something. The only thing I try to do is to help people understand that.

I'm also very happy that you've found the Fediverse and I hope you'll enjoy it here!

I've been here for four years now and I try to contribute as I can. One way is to welcome people and explain them a bit about the Fediverse!

I love the UK. I'm a teacher of English in Portugal!

Welcome!