Newbie to “mastodon” (is it capitalized?) but aren’t we all? I was okay with my little corner of Twitter till Musk, but got this acct last Nov in case Twitter self-immolated. Went with mastodon based on a thread by @Teri_Kanefield (a good follow) about Twitter alternatives. I picked mastodon because it’s NOT OWNED SO IT CANNOT BE SOLD!
The one daunting part of mastodon is picking a server … I just chose & it’s been fine. I’d like to hear how anyone else picked a server?
@bronakins @Teri_Kanefield I read some articles online, and just decided to jump- picked a big server that I could join immediately and jumped in. I had tried 2x before and picking a server had always stopped me, but with Twitter just degrading it was time to Defy Gravity and Leap!

@JudgyGigi @Teri_Kanefield

Excellent! Welcome! I love it here. If you have any questions, you can write a post & often get answers from others. Remember to use #hashtags & follow hashtags—as I understand it they take the place of an algorithm. Good luck!