@freemo I got a login name and created thcpassword but mow the system keep saying wrong password. I eventually joined qoto.org and got on that way.

@morne You cant just join any instance though! Are you a STEM professional?

@freemo I fear I am so behind onthis tech that I dont even know what a STEM prefessional is. I just (greenly) started looking at alternatives to the malicious current social media like facebook and thesorts.

@morne Than I am sorry to tell you that you are in the wrong place.

STEM stands for "Science Technology Engineering and Math"... in short, as a server you are only allowed here if you are a scientist or one of the related categories I just mentioned.

@freemo
That's not exactly what the front page tells us...
@morne

@frank87

It is what our rules page says explicitly.

@morne

@freemo
Quote:
A Mastodon instance for scholars in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and all yearning to learn
/End quote

He could be in the "yearning to learn" category. But you're probably right he should find another instance. He is looking for a Twitter alternative.
@morne

@freemo
Quote:
A Mastodon instance for scholars in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and all yearning to learn
/End quote

He could be in the "yearning to learn" category. But you're probably right he should find another instance. He is looking for an alternative to Twitter.
@morne

@frank87

Yes we allow students in STEM as well.

@morne

@freemo @morne
So, your site could be interesting for me, not doing a STEM job, but holding a STEM-degree...
It's not what I'm looking for on the Fediverse at the moment, but I'll keep it in mind if I start engineering 🙂

@frank87

Sure, our doors are always open.

FYI we dont restrict the topics you can talk about, but naturally a lot of people do talk science. We only require you be in STEM in some way.

@morne

@freemo @frank87 @morne What about wild computer science enthusiasts

@icedquinn

They count under "T" :)

@frank87 @morne

@freemo @icedquinn @morne
So, almost the whole Fediverse in welcome...
Or does that tell you something about the people I'm following?

@frank87

There is certainly a large population on the fediverse that would qualify.. but simply using a computer isnt going to cut it either :)

@icedquinn @morne