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LoyalNewb

@Fragglemuppet Here!Here! That is why I came over to the Fediverse as soon as I heard about it. The part that confuses me, however, is what app to use. Mastodon was the first to pop up in a search, but some how ended up at universeodon.com? Still learning how this Fediverse world works and how to access it. It reminds me of accessing Tor, lol.

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Iain MacLean
@loyalnewb @Fragglemuppet Are you on Android or iOS? On my iPhone I’ve been a dedicated Toot! user from the start, but Ice Cubes is nice and a lot of people like Ivory (although the free version has very limited functionality). Can’t help with Android.
LoyalNewb

@peterdrake @ShaniKom @Fragglemuppet One thing that is REALLY confusing me is, what is the difference between apps like Mastodon and Tusky? I am not sure what other apps there are for the fediverse.

Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥

@loyalnewb @ShaniKom @Fragglemuppet Others understand all of this much better than I do, but I believe:

Mastodon is one particular service in the fediverse; others include Pixelfed.

You can access Mastodon through a web browser.

There is an official Mastodon mobile app and other mobile apps like Tusky.

You *might* find an answer here:

fedi.tips/

ShittyKopper

@loyalnewb@universeodon.com

everything listed on
https://joinmastodon.org/servers is mastodon. and some not on there are also mastodon. universeodon is mastodon. you're on mastodon.

mastodon is not a single site but software any willing admin can set up. that's why everyone's usernames are like email addresses. because there is no "one true mastodon" (despite how much eugen wants to push mastodon dot social as "the" mastodon)

(the real confusing parts begin when you encounter non-mastodon people talking to you. i'm not on mastodon for example)

@loyalnewb@universeodon.com

everything listed on
https://joinmastodon.org/servers is mastodon. and some not on there are also mastodon. universeodon is mastodon. you're on mastodon.

mastodon is not a single site but software any willing admin can set up. that's why everyone's usernames are like email addresses. because there is no "one true mastodon" (despite how much eugen wants to push mastodon dot social as "the" mastodon)

(the real confusing parts begin when you encounter non-mastodon people...

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