Mastodon MigrationJul 2, 2023

Notice To New mastodon.social Users

First, welcome to open social media!

Second, you've landed on the biggest instance. Think of it like the capital city of the #Fediverse, but there are lots of other cities, towns and villages. Take your time looking around your new home, but also experience other instances.

There's no penalty for creating multiple accounts in the Fediverse.

Just go to [instance address]/explore (ex. https://mstdn.social/explore) click on "Create account" and give it a try.

Mastodon 🐘

A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.

Mastodon hosted on mstdn.social
Show threadMastodon MigrationJul 2, 2023

Fediverse citizens.... If you have an instance you would like to recommend to new users please reply below with a brief description of why you love your instance and include the [instance address]/explore link.

#twittermigration

Show threadPaul Mietz EgliJul 3, 2023
@mastodonmigration I run https://montereybay.social/explore, an instance for folks who live near the Monterey Bay in California (or just love the area like we do). I’d encourage everyone to check out the geographical based instance like ours, https://sfba.social, https://ottawa.place, and more. The Local feed on these instances is really local, and you get the benefits of Nextdoor without, you know, all that other stuff. https://masto.town is a great place to find a server near you.
Monterey Bay Mastodon

An instance for the Monterey Bay area -- Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties. Let's talk about this amazing place where we live and share the beauty of the Central Coast with the world!

Mastodon hosted on montereybay.social
Show threadAkshay | అక్షయ్Jul 4, 2023
@paul @mastodonmigration Been trying to find this out. I'm on social.vivaldi.net; is there any idiot-proof way of following feeds from a different server on my home tab?
Show threadPaul Mietz EgliJul 4, 2023
@cydonian Yes, it's fairly straightforward when you're using a web browser. Let's say you find someone on another instance that you want to follow. Click on that person's name to go to their account page and copy the URL in the address bar. It will look something like https://montereybay.social/@paul. Open a new browser window and go to your home instance. Paste the link in the Search box and hit Return. You should see the "remote" account with a button that will let you follow them.
Paul Mietz Egli (@[email protected])

485 Posts, 358 Following, 226 Followers · Santa Cruz local since 2001 | montereybay.social admin | Sr Technical Program Manager @ AWS Nonprofits

Monterey Bay Mastodon
Show threadAkshay | అక్షయ్Jul 4, 2023
@paul That's for individual people, yes. I meant for the feed from an entire server. The value is to follow chatter in a specific sub-network. Following every single individual in the sub-network separately is simply not feasible.
Show threadPaul Mietz Egli
@cydonian Ah, I understand now. Looks like that isn't supported by the web client, but a couple of mobile apps have that feature: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-browse-the-local-timelines-of-other-servers-on-mastodon-can-i-follow-other-servers-local-timelines-from-my-account/
How do I browse the Local timelines of other servers on Mastodon? Can I follow other servers’ Local timelines? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Jul 4, 2023 at 1:07amWeb
Show threadAkshay | అక్షయ్Jul 4, 2023

@paul I know Toot has this feature where you can “shift” focuses to another server, but it’s still like switching social networks. Besides it gets tiresome when you have multiple servers you want to follow, especially if there isn’t much activity in many (which is what you’d expect in a smaller community)

It would be very useful if there’s a way to combine “local” (aka “small server” feeds) and “global” feeds into one single feed. That’s how Reddit does it, eg.