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New people! Time to tell you more about the Fediverse :fediverse:

Mastodon is just one kind of server on a much bigger network called the Fediverse. Many of the people you follow on Mastodon aren't on Mastodon servers.

Servers on the Fediverse use a common open technical standard called ActivityPub. This means people on different kinds of ActivityPub-compatible servers can follow each other.

For example the photo account at pixelfed.social/Iancylkowski can be followed at @Iancylkowski

Try it!

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Nordnick :verified:

@feditips @Iancylkowski

That's true!

If someone is interested in some introductions regarding other #Fediverse systems, i already have written some toots in the past. Here you see an overview:
norden.social/@nick/1092463162

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FediTips has moved!

There are many kinds of server types on the Fediverse (though Mastodon is by far the most popular right now).

For example, you can follow video livestreams such as @rstv which streams at live.retrostrange.com

Or you could follow a video account at @chriswere whose videos are hosted at share.tube/a/chriswere/videos

Although they appear to be Mastodon accounts when you interact with them within Mastodon, when you look at them on their home server they're clearly on a totally different platform.

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The Alchemist

@feditips @Iancylkowski

It seems I'm no longer able to upload photos on Mastadon. Do you have any advice or tips? Thanks.

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Eric on here now too

@feditips

Wow this is really cool, and is starting to make more sense! Explains some confusion I had when interacting with accounts on other server types (I think mostly on Firefox?)

I'm excited to check this all out!

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Peter The Unbeliever

@feditips @Iancylkowski this is the Metaverse but cheaper and better looking

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dingodog19

@feditips
How do I search for someone I'd like to follow on a different instance? I put the handle on search but it said I couldn't search remote instances?

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Wendy Ravano

@feditips @Iancylkowski I joined Mastodon yesterday and please help me migrate to Pixelfed, while remaining with my current Thank you.

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Chris

@feditips @Iancylkowski I did not know I could follow Pixelfed accounts in Mastodon!

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Sarah O’Connell

@feditips @Iancylkowski This is helpful, thank you

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LarryBirdLover

@feditips @Iancylkowski
How do you change servers?

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