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You don't need to join mastodon.social or any other big servers on here.

Big servers do not mean big audiences on the Fediverse. Because federated servers talk to each other seamlessly, the number of people you can interact with is similar whether you're on a large or small server. Some people even run their own single user servers where they are literally the only member, yet they are able to interact with just as many people as a user on a megaserver like mastodon.social.

Mastodon and the wider Fediverse were designed so that their users could be spread out across many different servers, specifically so that the network couldn't be taken over by malevolent billionaires. By choosing a smaller server, you help keep the network safe from any takeovers. Smaller servers also tend to be better moderated and have better tech support because they have a lot more staff per user.

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lars

@feditips That only partly true.

Big servers DO mean bigger audiences on the Fediverse. Because federated servers don't synchronize hashtags.

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strapinski

@feditips Good point. One of the huge advantages of mastodon and the fediverse is decentralization. If everybody would join mastodon.social this advantage is gone. That's the reason I moved my account from mastodon.social to a smaller instance.

Very easy to do. Here is a good, offical blogpost how to do it: blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/

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Stu :duckduckgo: :fosstodon:

@feditips Well played

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Luc

@feditips Can't the opposite be also true? That a smaller server is more vulnerable because there's less staff and a bigger chance of being left over to the whims of very few people?

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LPS

@feditips a handy tip for new users is to start off on a bigger instance to have access to a more active local timeline and build a list of follows and followers. Once that's taken care of, migrate to a smaller instance and bring your follows with you:)

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Baessando por ai!

@feditips but would be nice to select some instance to follow. So we could get their timeline as well.

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Ji Fu

@feditips
#itWorksLikeEmail

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