@feditips maybe post this on Twitter?

@feditips my friend and I discovered not all servers show us each other's message? Like she joined a Japanese one and we are unable to see each other. Is there a way around this?

@feditips Pretty weird how Mastodon asks people to choose a server, but obviously they have no idea how to select so go for something that seems safe, but then apparently it doesn't make any difference anyway.

@feditips @palafo still plenty to watch out for https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/detections/mastodon-online

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FWIK (have learned so far)

The key is to share your full username (with server/namespace in it, e.g., [@]feditips[@]mstdn.social) and potential followers should verify this also.

Its different, but not so much really. I wouldn't assume that 'john.doe[@]evil.net' is the same as 'john.doe[@]notevil.net' are the same person. So too it goes with the 'verse.

Joining multiple servers won't help, may even further confuse friends and followers, the opposite of intended.

@feditips Any servers for journalists, media, sports fans?

@feditips as I understand, so far, the reliability, backup. archiving, etc. of indiv servers is a concern. that's why I asked about plan to develop longer term.

@feditips good to know !

@feditips Yes and No, if I’m lucky I can see them on a federated timeline, otherwise the default privacy settings seem to limit my ability to look at who people I respect are following. @adamdavidson shared this toot, but when I look to see who he is following this is what I see, which isn’t helpful.

@feditips I wish I had known that before signing up. Can we change servers after signing up?

@feditips thanks! I have a question - can you join more than one? What if you want to change server if a new one gets made you’d prefer to be on?

@feditips Not been able to follow people on mastodon.social or mastodon.online even following the cut and paste into the browser you are logged in on. Any advice?

@feditips Oh I didn’t know that!

@feditips I want to find a good one for sharing photography and digital art, any suggestions?

@feditips can you switch servers midstream?

@feditips And they can also stand up their own server if they want. That is what I did. :)

@feditips Can anyone explain why there seems to be lots of servers I couldn't pick? Such as mstdn.social that you're on?

Now I just chose one at random that seemed general and gave me a nice short address. I hope this doesn't impact my experience in some way.

Anyway, here now. Off to explore and see if I understand what I'm doing.

@feditips can you switch service once you've joined? It would have been helpful to have this link before I actually signed up. LOL I honestly have no idea what I'm doing right now 😂😂😂

@feditips wish I knew this before trying to join in an already big server... Thanks for sharing!

@feditips can you subscribe to more than one server at a time?