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Hey friends! I’m looking to sign up for Mastodon and would love to hear what drew you to the server you are on? Also, what are servers with good reputation?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why, https://mastodon.world of course, since it's also ran by @ruud, the admin of lemmy.world. I feel he knows what he's doing with hosting better than most instances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well according to commenters and posters in some communities, they themselves are the smartest and should be running the show.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure they're welcome to, if they want to spin up their own instances. :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

See that would require more than being a keyboard warrior

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Linux.pizza because it had open registration at the time I created an account and I am interested in both, Linux and pizzas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

mathstodon.xyz

It's for people who like mathematics, I found it through an educational YouTuber. It seemed like a good fit for me, plus the name of the server is great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on https://mastodon.world, but for personal stuff I created https://ruud.social and for hobbies I run https://pool.social and https://musicworld.social.

Oh and I also have https://calckey.world but I don't post too much there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LOL you run all of those Ruud! LOL

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I run 11 fedi servers in total.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

certifiable. LOL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have 4 Mastodon accounts, 1 on Vivaldi (as I use this browser), and 3 on Polish servers. My main one is on 101010.pl (largest Polish, can read formatted posts), other ones are on pol.social and mastodon.com.pl. I was also on calckey.pl, but Calckey appararently was not ready for use - the instance is now closing down. I have a Polish /kbin account (on karab.in), and WriteFreely and Mobilizon accounts.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on mas.to. Chose it because it's got a decent UK presence (but isn't a UK-specific server), is quite popular, and the admin runs it well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same.

It's a good, well-maintained general server. But its not the big default server, which tends to attract spam bots and risks being defederarated from the rest of Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

deacon.social, as I'm Christian. It's a niche community, but it works almost as well as the big instances, while defending the Federation system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I thing you can interact with Madtodon from kbin as well. It does both link/threads (lemmy) and microblog (mastodon). That's also what "boost" does. If you boost a post or comment, you retweet (retoot?) it to your microblog.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah! I'm on Mastodon.world!

EDIT: You also asked for why. Well, I wrote a blog post about it, actually...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

leftist.network

Seems kind of self-explanatory...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm on linux.pizza I'm a linux guy, and the server is administrated by a swedish guy, makes it easier to communicate with the admin. He also has been really great when I've been interacting with him :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

infosec.exchange, I don't work in infosec but it's a cool community

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That was one of the two that Deviant Ollam recommended in a popular video

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on mstdn.social. The admin is really cool, and the server is big enough to my liking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. I like Stux and find a good general instance a great way to discover people and connect.

Outside of the one time he gut defederated with mastodon.art too reactively, he’s been a fair and good moderator. Not too open (like mastodon.social) and not to overbearing (like mastodon.art)

With that being said, I do plan on switching to a smaller one once I get some good connections and feel like I’ve done my part to support the Fediverse as a whole. Just find a nice server of queer goofy dorks like me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Now that I'm more aware about federation things and more servers appear in the wild, maybe I'll change to a smaller one too. But I'm too lazy, and I've already changed my first instance to mstdn.social a year ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm on sciences.social, because I am a social scientist. There's a number for different sciences that are good for keeping up with your field. I don't know about other occupations but I assume they're out there. Also, as with all things federated, the server doesn't matter too much once you get rolling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just don't join any big instances. It will kill the purpose of fediverse.

Go to official mastodon site. lot of instances is listed there. Choose whatever instance you think will surve your purpose :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use mastodonbooks.net to interact with fellow readers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I mostly active on my own (non-mastodon fediverse) instance, I do have account on small instance, but it is collecting the dust most of the time.
Given you are on Lemmyworld, I think it is better to join mastodon.world. It is also owned and managed by te same people who runs lemmyworld. I like their transparency.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm over at https://mastodon.gamedev.place and enjoy it a ton.

There are a number of prolific game designers as well as tons of indie devs sharing knowledge + life updates. A very cozy instance without any hateful BS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm on mastodonapp.uk for the same reason I'm on feddit.uk; I sought out a local instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

kolektiva.social, the name is cool and it allows 10 000 long posts. Also, it's an anarchist instance and being an anarchist I kinda like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on neovibe.app however federation over there is completely broken right now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Update on this, federation on neovibe is fixed now

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

mastodon.world, clearly the best!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

fosstodon.org - They are very competent people and there to stay.

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