ArtBear, (edited ) to fediverse

Chpt.1
Where am I? Is this the Fediverse? What is the Mastodon? How do I Firefish? Am I Pixelfed? Do I Lemmy?

👇Click post. Help Thread cont below.

Hi there👋 What I've learnt in a year so far about #Fediverse. Condensed to help others.

1st understanding.
We make friends across multiple Fedi platforms at once.

Imagine if instagram, tiktok, facebook, twitter, youtube all connected & run by users to help users, not wall us apart & annoy us, for ad profits.

#FediTips #Help #New #Welcome #Newbie

ArtBear, (edited )

Ch.5
is like a fleet, with many types & sizes of ships.

Different social platforms. Different sizes of servers. But all communicating & co-operating across the Fediverse fleet.

Multiple feeds reflect this eg.

🛳️Home includes everyone I follow from multiple social platforms, any servers.

⛴️Local=everyone on my ship (my server).

🚢Federated=1 step beyond, people that locals are connected to or searching.

ArtBear, (edited )

Ch.13
I realise is an evolving co-operating culture with common protocol linking many things. No platform is trying to lock up all my attention in a walled garden.

I can have several accounts, use several platforms keep my circles across all & I'm free to move around.

On phone tablet desktop, I can have apps or open simple browser window +type my instance's name. Many ways to login & communicate across the

mckra1g, to TwitterMigration
@mckra1g@mastodon.social avatar

I’ve never done an intro post. Former single mom on welfare who established an NPO that awarded cars to women in transition, based on my life experiences. Have since transitioned to life coach/author/speaker on topics incl resilience, happiness, mindset, kindness, community. Background incl 30+ yrs in media, tech, climate, infrastructure. I love cooking, eating, reading, writing, art, gardening, travel, fitness & the ocean. Chicagoan.

nihilistnomya, to TwitterMigration

This is Ringo.
He is very excited to be sniffing around Mastodon and meeting new people.
He also wants to be everyone's friend.

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