Vegan Mastodon Server:
Veganism Social
How To Get Started On Mastodon
How to Get Started on Mastodon
Veganism Social
How To Get Started On Mastodon
How to Get Started on Mastodon
Mastodon Curious? Vegan Mastodon Server
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Brian W
Conscientious Christian
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Re: complicated, let me try to explain! Although, I'm still new .
Mastodon is similar to Twitter in that your posts are public and you can reply to posts by other users, as well as re-publish (retweet) them or favourite (like) them. There is also a character limit per post, although it's much higher in Mastodon (500 characters).
It's different from Twitter in that Mastodon is really a network of independent servers (called instances), each run by different volunteers and with different rules. You sign up as a user at one instance publish your posts there. However, the instances talk to each other and exchange posts, so that users on other instances can interact with your posts as well.
If you want to move to another instance, you can relatively easily migrate your profile.
If the admins of an instance decide they won't exchange posts with a certain other instance any more, that is entirely possible and does happen sometimes, I think.
There is also very little of the meanness often seen on Twitter.
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I think people are getting unnecessarily put off Mastodon by people explaining the neat concepts BEHIND it, rather than just telling people how to use it.
Telling people how to use it is easy. It is easy to use.
You go find a "server" ( really a web site ) from the list I posted. You join. You give them an email address, a user name and a password. Then you use their search bar to find subject and people you want to follow. Boom! That is it.
Telling people how to use it is easy. It is easy to use.
You go find a "server" ( really a web site ) from the list I posted. You join. You give them an email address, a user name and a password. Then you use their search bar to find subject and people you want to follow. Boom! That is it.
Yes, just do it. Easy.
You have to find people and/or hashtags to follow in order to see anything in your feed, though.
You have to find people and/or hashtags to follow in order to see anything in your feed, though.
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No you don't. You just click on "Local" to see posts from the server( "web site" ) you are on or "Federated" to see posts from everyone everywhere.
If you join the Veganism Social you will see posts from vegans when you press "Local".
If you join the Veganism Social you will see posts from vegans when you press "Local".
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