I am an unpaid volunteer who runs five websites and five accounts helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. These cause bills every month which I pay.

If you want to help these sites & accounts keep going, you can buy me a coffee:

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/fedithing

(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work.)

Alternatively, become a patron:

➡️ https://liberapay.com/FediThing

All support very greatly appreciated! 🙂

❤️ @FediTips, @FediFollows, @FediVideo, @FediGarden & @homegrown

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p.s. The websites I run are:

https://fedi.tips - Non-technical guides for using Mastodon and the Fediverse

https://fedi.directory - Interesting accounts to follow, organised into categories and topics

https://fedi.garden - Nice, well-run servers to join or move to

https://fedi.video - Highlighting the best video accounts on the Fediverse

https://growyourown.services - Encouraging and helping non-technical people to start their own online sites and Fediverse servers

Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

@FediTips I wish I could start my own Mastodon server, it costs money to run one.

@carrottop1023

It does cost money, but it's cheaper than people realise: a few euros/dollars a month, even if you use a managed hosting service where someone does all the tech stuff for you. (For example https://fedihost.co/pricing and https://masto.host/pricing)

Pricing - Fedihost

Fediverse hosting at affordable prices, Mastodon hosting starting at $4 a month, Peertube hosting starting at $7 a month

Fedihost.co