Okay this might be a long post
One thing that I realised is making #twittermigration harder for people to switch is because the whole concept can feel daunting & overwhelming for non-tech savvy people.
With Twitter to them it was straight forward and easy to find topics they enjoy but with mastodon its a bit different.
So if you’re new to mastodon or you want to introduce someone to mastodon here are some tips, useful sites & tools:
Twitodon - Find your Twitter friends on Mastodon
FediFinder- Similar to Twitodon
Fedi Tips - an informal, unofficial guide for non-technical people who want to use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse
Fedi Directory - A human-curated small selection of accounts to spice up your timeline.
Trunk -Trunk allows you to mass-follow a bunch of people in order to get started with Mastodon or any other platform on the Fediverse
Fediverse.info -growing list of people and topics can help you discover mutual interests with people around the world
Mobile Apps:
Metatext for iOS
Tusky for Android
Lastly if you are interested in setting up your own instance you can learn via https://learnfoss.org/ its completely free and its made by the wonderful @stux
I apologize for the long post lol, just hope this helps anyones transition over
@realcaseyrollins @stux it is
@nickg true but the only instances i block are pedo and racist ones
@STORM Thanx!
@STORM Super helpful, thanks!
@GiantRectangle my instance allows 65535 character limit
@STORM Ah, I see. Thanks again! :)
@STORM @orsvarn @garry @stux There's also an official mastodon app for android (also works on e). There are some differences between it and tusky, but neither is objectively better than the other in my opinion. More of a preference thing.
Neither app has as many features as the site tho. The site is mobile friendly so it can work on phones.
@LucillaPiccari @orsvarn @garry @stux yes on qoto.org
@STORM ๐๐
or directly the browser @STORM as mobile app!
@STORM Can i ask, is it one person that 'owns' the server you sign up with, ie they control if it gets turned off tomorrow?
@islander This is really useful
@STORM @melpomeneMel @MelpomeneMel
@STORM @orsvarn @garry @stux Thank you, that's very helpful and I'll check all these features out. I did overthink the home instance question at first, but it was relatively easy to find one where I thought I'd feel at home once I started looking through. People have been generally very helpful and welcoming towards us newcomers.
@orsvarn @garry @stux oops seems i didnt add credit to 5th tip. Credit goes to @realcaseyrollins