Hey my peeps - what Masto instance would you recommend for a queer visual artist trying out the Fediverse and looking for a community?

What accounts / hash tags would you recommend they follow to get started?

My logo designer is not enamored with what traditional social media has become and interested in trying out the Fediverse and I'm hoping to set him up for success.

[boosts welcome!]

@gairdeachas I don't know if the instance is open or not, and it may be more writer-focused, but I feel like everytime I see someone on wandering.shop, I nod and go, "Ah, yes, good people on that instance." :)

There was also a really cool tool that ... @stefan (?? maybe??) wrote that gives people a bunch of pre-built links for getting onto fedi for the first time. Would recommend that as an adjacent helper.

@jonobie Yes, thank you for tagging me!

@gairdeachas Hi! I don't necessarily have a good answer to your original question, but if you do find a good community, this might be useful:

https://invite.jointhefediverse.net/?server=wandering.shop&apps=1,2,3,5&starterpacks=NjQ5,ODI5,OTIw,ODY4&lang=en-us

Easy to customize: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/

Hope this is useful!

Join the fediverse!

Your quick-start invitation to the wonderful world of the fediverse.

@stefan @jonobie This is super cool! I used it to build a custom URL for my friend -- now to see if he joins and we an keep him here!

@gairdeachas Thank you, really glad you like it!

Hope your friend enjoys it here!

@jonobie