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So... what's the best mastodon server to join as a new user? (self.mastodon)

submitted 1 year ago by archived to c/mastodon

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I just downloaded the app to see what's all the hype about, and once again, I'm asked to pick a group, in this case, a server.

I suppose it's like Lemmy instances, so, is there a general one, or an equivalent of lemmy.world in terms of size, interaction, and so on?

My mistake if I'm understanding things wrong, thanks!

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[–] kartoos 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So how does one browse mastodon? From within lemmy or their own app, and is the lemmy login valid for mastodon?

[–] baronvonj 3 points 1 year ago

Same as you would browse a Lemmy instance.

Etc.

There are multiple apps for Mastodon. The https://join-mastodon.org site should have info on them. Search your app store. Some do multiple Fediverse platforms, but I don't know any that do both Mastodon and Lemmy.

Lemmy login is only valid on your one Lemmy instance. But from Mastodon you can search for a Lemmy community as @<community>@<instance> and follow it like another user. If you @ mention a community in a Mastodon post it will create a new post in the community. And if you reply to a Lemmy post from Mastodon it will show as a comment in the post on Lemmy.

You can look up Mastodon users from Lemmy as https://lemmy.instance/u/[email protected]. But you can't follow them from Lemmy like you can in Mastodon or Kbin.