As you might have seen in the last boost, I've started a new server directory site to help people sign up on Mastodon and the Fediverse:

➡️ https://fedi.garden

If you want to follow the project, its account is at:

➡️ @FediGarden

Reasons for making this directory:

-It will list both Mastodon and non-Mastodon servers.
-It has a maximum size, megaservers aren't listed.
-It's manually curated and has safety/reliability requirements.

As far as I know, no one else is doing this.

Fedi.Garden – An easy way to join Mastodon and the Fediverse

Highlighting nice servers on Mastodon and the Fediverse

@feditips @FediGarden this looks lovely! I expect to reopen signups in the future and will certainly submit.
@feditips @FediGarden I would be down to join your server! Is there a way to see if my server is blocking other ppls servers?
@feditips
Submitting @mstdn.ca for potential addition to the list. Canadian server. Looks well managed. Although I couldn't find out how many subscribers they have.
@feditips
I miss fosstodon.org in the foss section or is this server too big?
@feditips @FediGarden I am basically just a reader and sometimes comment. I really like Mastodon. However I like to be notified when someone I follow makes a post. Will this ever be a reality. Right now I find out because they post on Twitter that they made the update on Mastodon. I really want to dump Twitter. Thoughts appreciated.
@AdnilRhomx Once you follow someone, you can click the bell icon on the upper corner of their profile in the web interface to get notifications every time they post. Thanks for asking!
@AdnilRhomx
On the right side of the profile you want to get notifications of there is a little bell next to the button follow/unfollow.

@feditips @FediGarden Great initiative!  

If you wanna add Brazilian/Portuguese-speaking instances you can take a look at https://bolha.us/about (under "Instâncias Brazucas").

bolha.us

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Mastodon hosted on bolha.us
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@feditips it would be great to have @h4x0r.army server listed 👍
@feditips @FediGarden I’m looking for somewhere I can post 2-3k word harm reduction articles, with images.
No0b
@feditips @FediGarden pardon my lack of knowledge. But I don’t really use social media a lot and am not very technical. But I have friends who have never bothered with Twitter but do like Facebook. Is there a Fedi server that operates more like aFacebook that I could suggest they start to use, because I know a lot of them would be happy to get away from all thing Meta