The Timely Mastodon Primer

Updated 11082022-231601

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figure I might as well do a nice, undying, bigass, crossposted thread one more time for the sake of

E͟s͟s͟e͟n͟t͟i͟a͟l͟ M͟a͟s͟t͟o͟d͟o͟n͟/F͟e͟d͟e͟r͟a͟t͟e͟d͟ S͟o͟c͟i͟a͟l͟ R͟e͟s͟o͟u͟r͟c͟e͟s͟ f͟o͟r͟ N͟o͟r͟m͟l͟o͟r͟d͟s͟

I started a repository, even! https://t.co/62WKQvBK3u

— 𝗗 𝗔 𝗩 𝗢 𝗗 (@NeoYokel) November 9, 2022

figure I might as well do a nice, undying, bigass, crossposted thread one more time for the sake of E͟s͟s͟e͟n͟t͟i͟a͟l͟ M͟a͟s͟t͟o͟d͟o͟n͟/F͟e͟d͟e͟r͟a͟t͟e͟d͟ S͟o͟c͟i͟a͟l͟ R͟e͟s͟o͟u͟r͟c͟e͟s͟ f͟o͟r͟ N͟o͟r͟m͟l͟o͟r͟d͟s͟ I started a repository, even! https://github.com/extratone/mastodon-init

there’s nothing there, at the moment, but I would love it if any of y’all’d be interested in collaboration! I still don’t know how tf to go about doing that on GitHub, though.

the first thing to know, for many of you (both Android and iOS users,) is that Mastodon’s “official” app is absolutely THE best way to create an account. (the very first app link embeds on this page.) https://joinmastodon.org/apps

if for whatever reason you are one of those folks who won’t download a free app to try it even if it’s very small (still just 33.7mb on iOS/iPadOS,) well… here’s a video demonstration of the actual process as it was at launch. https://youtu.be/bD8GQvNrE7E

if you absolutely despise the whole idea of mobile credential creation (same tbh) or something and you must do the desktop thing, the “official” site has a relatively new server search tool… https://joinmastodon.org/servers

but it’s hard to beat the tried and true instances.social tool. either start at the root to use its wizard (I really hate wizards, personally lmao) or use this URL to quick jump to a list of English-speaking servers with greater than 2000 members. https://davidblue.wtf/instance

I would suggest immediately sorting that list by Registration . please note that at this particular moment, the whole of the fediverse is experiencing its greatest concentrated server loads, ever, because y’all so (???) that you waited out SIX YEARS of my begging.

my usual advice (to just start on mastodon.social ) doesn’t exactly apply considering we’re at closed registration right now. nor does it for my second choice, mastodon.online.

I know that I find looking through instances utterly fascinating, but if you arrive at this point and are still struggling to find where to go, please contact me! we can walk through it. https://davidblue.wtf/contact