Gregory's Server@haikushack @Gargron Hello! I can see your post and I’m on another server :verify:
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Hi from a completely different server. Our servers are run on completely different hardware than your server, and have completely different moderation teams and generally a different culture between our respective local users. @iiogama @IgnisIncendio I'm starting to understand everything! I might join another server later, but I see that if you have the Federated Timeline set up properly, it won't be necessary, as we can all communicate without a hitch. @haikushack @iiogama True! Your server is your “window to your Fediverse”, your local culture. It’s quite cozy here. I really like this article, it’s kinda long but it answers a lot of the questions I had! https://wordsmith.social/elilla/a-futuristic-mastodon-introduction-for-2021 Exactly! You should also feel comfortable moving to a different server, if you happen to find one that seems cool to you. Mastodon has easy migration tools for moving servers in the settings. @haikushack, the idea is that if you migrate from one server to another, you're shutting down your account on the original server. If you choose to have multiple accounts on different servers (which is a valid option), then you may want to use a different app than the official app. Toot! on iOS for example allows multiple accounts and you can switch between them pretty darn easily. @haikushack, happy I could help! I can definitely see the similarities to IRC (which is still around and active, if you want to go down another rabbit hole, lol)  @iiogama @haikushack On the "official" Android app, you can tap and hold the profile pic on the bottom right to bring up an account switcher. I'm not sure if the same thing exists on iOS, however! @Parnikkapore I am not a fan of apps, I do pretty much everything from my computer. But thank you!  @iiogama @haikushack @IgnisIncendio from what I understand, I could join multiple servers…I am happy here though. @haikushack My server is full of queer + techy people! This means that a lot of the content I see is quite tailored towards me, even when a lot of the content is from other servers. That’s because our admin helps block the more hostile servers (from our POV, so that includes things like transphobic servers), and also the people in my server tend to follow tech + queer stuff (which appears in my federated timeline). Finally, we can also talk to each other via the local timeline! @IgnisIncendio Oh, so it's better to join specific servers to have a more tailored experience? I guess it means having several browser windows opened? @haikushack While you *could* join multiple servers for different interests, there’s no need to do that ^^ I compare it a lot to Twitter because that’s what a lot of us are familiar to 😛 Joining multiple servers is basically the same as having multiple Twitter accounts. But if you want to have one account that is multi-interest, just choose any one of the servers that have the culture you like. For example, join the server of your main interest (but you aren’t restricted to it) @IgnisIncendio I love it. Need to convince a pal to move from CounterSocial, defederated. @IgnisIncendio it’s a non federated mastodon server. It’s a nice community by the way @haikushack you can use pinafore.social in your browser to keep all your accounts in the same place. I joined mathstodon.xyz four years ago. I started this account to toot/read toots about more general stuff, to not spam the other mathematicians with too much non-math content. I don't see myself starting a new one, but I might switch this one at some point. |
@IgnisIncendio Hello there! So what's the difference between that server and the one I'm in?