Step 1. Pick a server It is probably the hardest part, so I will help you with that step. Here are a few I like: If you want more like Facebook/ Twitter aus.social, mastodon.au or if you want to original mastodon.social is a good option If you are more Instagram/Youtube/TikTok – try pixelfed.au, pixelfed.social or Loops.video
The hardest part is picking a server – so I advise to just throw a dart – it is not super important as I explained, the system works like email – once you know someones email address, you can follow them on any server. Just go with how you feel.
Your username / address will have the server name in it – like my username is @craiglambie42 as my server is fosstodon.org – all about FOSS – Free Open Source Software – which felt right to me when I first registered.
Step 2 Start following accounts – here are 5 I like
- @anewsocial@mastodon.social
- @caseynewton@mastodon.social
- @Gina@fosstodon.org
- @leavex@gram.social
- @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services