Gregory's ServerI'm new to Mastodon, and finding i very hard to use. I have NO IDEA how to join the various other versions.
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 @Numabiena A first help could be this: https://fedi.tips/ and follow @FediTips @Mastodon  Hey Numabiena, welcome! 👋 Yeah, as Petra says, there is lots of help for beginners at https://fedi.tips and also please feel free to ask any questions you have! I run this unofficial support account for Mastodon and the Fediverse, and I try to help people who want help, especially beginners. |
You don't need to join the other "versions", you can interact with the users on those other "versions" without having to be there. You don't have to think about it.
Analogies
Just like email. If I'm on hotmail.com and you are on gmail.com, we can still communicate without you having to sign up for a hotmail account.
Or our phone numbers, we don't need to be on the same provider in order to have a call.
Example
You are on mastodon and I am on a completely different software that has nothing to do with Mastodon, yet you can still see this reply, because despite their difference they decided to speak the same "language".
Keep in mind:
- "versions" = instances.
- "language" = a protocol.
You don't need to join the other "versions", you can interact with the users on those other "versions" without having to be there. You don't have to think about it.
Analogies
Just like email. If I'm on hotmail.com and you are on gmail.com, we can still communicate without you having to sign up for a hotmail account.