Kristoffer LislegaardWelcome to th fediverse @forgaflingspop !
I wrote some getting started tips here: https://www.kristofferlislegaard.com/blog/2025-01-25-how-to-get-started-on-mastodon-fediverse/
SamWelcome @forgaflingspop! Are you ‘The Captain’ from the video in Kristoffer’s post?
Great post @lislegaard 👍 I would like to add it to my list of resources on my ‘What is the Fediverse’ page. (https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/what-is-the-fediverse/) The only little thing I’m hesitating over is the bit pointing people to mastodon.social. From what I’ve read that instance is now dangerously big and new users should be advised to join other instances.
(See https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/ from @FediTips)
What is The Fediverse? - Ethical Revolution
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Espen Reinertsen@ethicalrevolution Thank you! No, I'm not the captain. Regarding instances, I was actually very unsure where to join, so in the end I joined mastodon.social just to get started somewhere, and thought I might change later.
ah yes. that is good point!
luckily it is very easy to move. i started at snabelen which is a norwegian one.
@forgaflingspop First mate then. 😉🫡
Ah, yeh, sorry, I should have said about the mastodon.social thing in a separate message to Kristoffer only - I wasn’t intending to confuse you. The main thing is that you made it here. I’m looking forward to checking out your music. 👍