One of the best posts I've seen on here was: "Mastodon is for what you love, not what you hate." I for one am devoted to keeping it that way.
@Fragglemuppet Here!Here! That is why I came over to the Fediverse as soon as I heard about it. The part that confuses me, however, is what app to use. Mastodon was the first to pop up in a search, but some how ended up at universeodon.com? Still learning how this Fediverse world works and how to access it. It reminds me of accessing Tor, lol.
@loyalnewb

everything listed on
https://joinmastodon.org/servers is mastodon. and some not on there are also mastodon. universeodon is mastodon. you're on mastodon.

mastodon is not a single site but software any willing admin can set up. that's why everyone's usernames are like email addresses. because there is no "one true mastodon" (despite how much eugen wants to push mastodon dot social as "the" mastodon)

(the real confusing parts begin when you encounter non-mastodon people talking to you. i'm not on mastodon for example)
Servers

Find where to sign up for the decentralized social network Mastodon.

@ShittyKopper what are you on, if not Mastodon?
@loyalnewb i'm on calckey right now. if you want to see how different it is you should be able to (assuming you're using tusky like it says on your post) click the 3 dots at the top right and press "open in browser" when looking at my post.

the fediverse really is just a bunch of different software that all talk the same language. mastodon happens to be the most popular.
@ShittyKopper
So, I got fedilab app. So far I like this one.