I’m unsure what to say, how to say it, and confused as who I’m saying it to….so I’ll just give an adequate “hello” and slowly transition from a chaotic social site to, what appears, a much more sane one 😀
@Ktmacg79 hello
Say whatever you want! Anybody browsing fosstodon's local feed will see it (the button with the people peeking out behind each other). Anybody who follows you will see it. Anybody who browses your profile will see it... And if you throw in a hashtag then folks on other servers following the hashtag might see it.
Try an #introduction if it strikes you - or just click there to find other interesting people.
@finity I don’t see the button you are referring to. And how do I get to other servers?
@Ktmacg79 check out #newbies, one of the top things you may see there is from @Elizabeth_5 and it's a graphic of what I'm talking about. Your instance may have a different view of that hashtag than mine, though, so I'll steal the photo and post it here too.
@finity 😩 I hope I can figure this out. Thank you for the help. I’ll keep digging and poking around. 😀
@Ktmacg79 yeah, it takes a minute to get used to. Take your time and explore a little and you'll get it no problem.
@finity appreciate the help!
@Ktmacg79
Here's the image I was talking about that shows the different buttons on most mastodon interfaces.
@Ktmacg79 then to get to other servers, you might just click on Elizabeth's name there and you'll see her profile on another server. Or you might just go to newsie.social in a browser and (without logging in even) click the button near the bottom of the page that shows you all the toots going on. Most servers have that link, and it shows you what the fediverse looks like from that server's point of view.