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:
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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?"
"Introducing the Fediverse"
https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN
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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...