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So... what's the best mastodon server to join as a new user? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by archived@lemmy.world to c/mastodon@lemmy.world

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I just downloaded the app to see what's all the hype about, and once again, I'm asked to pick a group, in this case, a server.

I suppose it's like Lemmy instances, so, is there a general one, or an equivalent of lemmy.world in terms of size, interaction, and so on?

My mistake if I'm understanding things wrong, thanks!

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[–] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Among the biggest there are mastodon.social, mastodon.online, mstdn.social, mas.to and mastodon.world. As usual I guess it would be preferable to join in a not so big instance as to reduce centralization. The local/federated timeline is the wild west anyway, its built on your follows.

Granted I never used Twitter so I might be using Mastodon wrong.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The local/federated timeline is the wild west anyway, its built on your follows.

The local and federated timelines should be a firehose of every post, irrespective of your follows. Your "home" timeline is your follows.

[–] InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I meant "(mastodon) is built on your follows" not the local and federated timelines. Because at least I couldn't deal with the local/federated feeds and has to search for people to follow instead

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ah 👍 yeah depending on the client the federated timeline is just a blur as it refreshes. Following hashtags is great feature that enables discovery without an algorithm.