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As Elon Musk sends Twitter into chaos, we’re sharing what we picked up about Mastodon as we selected a server

Interested in trying the social network everyone's flocking to? Here's what you need to know to find your way around and build community.

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This app helps you finds out which of the people you follow on Twitter are on Mastodon/in the Fediverse already and follow all of them easily.Try it: https://t.co/LitKPF11qH Keep checking it every few days to see if there are new people.— Robin DeRosa (@actualham) November 7, 2022

So how does Mastodon work: Its not one place. It's 'federated'. You pick a server to be on. That server by default will pull in some 'toots' (a silly word) from other servers it federates with into its timeline, and block some others.But YOU can follow anyone, on any server.— John Bull (@garius) November 5, 2022

I see several folks on here expressing confusion about how Mastodon works. As a relatively new lay user there, I thought I would share a few observations that help explain why I find that platform so rewarding:— Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani (@thatpsychprof) November 5, 2022

I'm going to make a quick thread of #Mastodon stuff that is by no means proclaiming me to be an expert or anything but helped me a few weeks ago.— freyquency (@freyquency) April 25, 2022

So yes, please do create a Mastodon account. Use https://t.co/1tW4ryhrY4 to choose an instance whose rules work well for how you want to communicate. Read those rules carefully and make sure you trust whoever controls your instance.— Ethan "no blue check before it was cool" Zuckerman (@EthanZ) November 4, 2022

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There’s growing interest in Mastodon, an alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter. Here’s a guide to getting started with it.

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Recently, I wrote a bunch of Zotero tutorials that went (mildly) viral on #AcademicTwitter. Thought I'd put them all together so folks can find them easily.So, here goes 👇Zotero 101: A meta-thread 🧵Retweet to share it with your friends/colleagues.— Mushtaq Bilal, PhD (@MushtaqBilalPhD) September 22, 2022

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