Paul Sutton

Mastodon Getting Started

For those of you who are still using old fashioned social media such as Meta, there is another way. With privacy and data concerns constantly being discussed the time for a platform that respects your rights as a user, respects privacy is needed.

However we have one already in the form of Mastodon, which is a decentralised platform and is part of the Fediverse.

If you switch to Mastodon. it can be confusing at first. The community are really keen to get more users, to this end, there are lots of great guides to help you get started.

Have a look at Getting Started With Mastodon

This video is a nice introduction

• Join Mastodon
  • Qoto server invite
  • Trunk – Find others users based on interest
  • Fedi Directory
  • Fedi Tips
  • Fedi Follows – Interesting accounts to follow
• Managed hosting – Mastohost
  • Pi based Hosting with Mythic Beasts

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