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Posting tips and answering questions about how to use Mastodon and the Fediverse 🌍 There are lots of guides on my site at https://fedi.tips. If you can't find your answer @ or DM me, there's no such thing as a silly question! I am a volunteer, you can buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/fedithing or become a patron at https://liberapay.com/FediThing Maintained by @FediThing, banner artwork is by @posiputt 🎂 Account originally joined mstdn.social on 16th Nov 2020
Many new people asking what Mastodon and the Fediverse actually are, and how servers connect to each other. I've tried to do a simple non-technical guide about this: ➡️
What is Mastodon? What is the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
 TL:DR - The phone network lets you choose a provider and call people on other providers. Mastodon and the wider Fediverse do this for social networks. If you prefer videos, these are useful: "What is Mastodon?"
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What is Mastodon? (2018) (short animation explaining the Mastodon social network)
Official animation published by the Mastodon development team in 2018, describing the basic principles of how Mastodon and the wider Fediverse work...
 "Introducing the Fediverse" https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN #FediTips
Hello new people, nice to see you all! 👋 These may help you get the most out of Mastodon: - You don't need to use the official app, most people prefer third party apps and alternative options:
Which Mastodon apps can I use? Should I use the official app or a third party app? Are there other options? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
 - All the ways to discover people to follow:
How do I discover accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
 - Make your own account more discoverable:
How do I get my account and posts discovered on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
 - Why Mastodon is on so many different servers:
Why is the Fediverse on so many separate servers? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
 - If it's too confusing, watch this:
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Mastodon in 180 Seconds 🐘
Lately, everyone seems to be trying to jump ship from Twitter to this new thing called "Mastodon". But when they do it, the first thing many of the...
Have you checked your "Private Mentions" section in Mastodon? It's easy to miss notifications about DMs as they are mixed in with all the other mentions and notifications. You can check your DMs on your server's website by clicking "@ Private Mentions" on the right of the screen (or click ☰, then "@ Private Mentions" if you're on mobile). Apps may have various different interfaces for DMs. #FediTips #Mastodon