My one-tweet Mastodon starter advice:

1. Pick a server where people are likely to post generally about stuff you're most interested in.
2. Follow interesting people on other servers, who will boost interesting stuff into your home feed. THEY are your algorithm.

Think of people around the world tonight who need Twitter to get their voices heard, to document human rights abuses and injustices, to get attention, expose war crimes, and more.

All of them could be about to be cut off because the world’s richest man wanted to own the libs.

General warning to all new users: most mastodon servers are going to perform poorly as they take on a lot of new users. Most servers are small affairs run by a single person. Things are going to be slow, and things are going to break.

Be patient, be respectful, and tip your admin.

It's going to be a rough ride in the fediverse for a while. These are strange times and no one was prepared.

Mastodon is strange and new, and it's uncomfortable here right now. Be patient, it's worth it.

Mir gefällt ganz vieles bei #Mastodon.

Was mir nicht gefällt, ist die Dudelastigkeit hier. Ich durfte mir schon sagen lassen, ich solle "das hier im Fediverse lieber lassen", weil ich nicht der Aufforderung eines Dudes nachgekommen bin, irgendwelche Apps zu installieren.

Und ich kenne speziell FLINTA* Personen, die Berührungsängste haben und sich darum noch nicht registrieren wollen. Deren Ängste zerstreut ihr übrigens nicht, indem ihr möglichst oft betont, wie UNKOMPLIZIERT es sei.

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