Nope. I thought, let me try out Mastodon. I pull it up and try to create an account. The "official" instance isn't taking any new accounts. What? Okay, now w

Nope. I thought, let me try out Mastodon. I pull it up and try to create an account. The "official" instance isn't taking any new accounts. What? Okay, now what? Oh, I have to find an instance that is. Let me see. Good grief, look at that list. Okay, pick one at random. Nope not taking new accounts. Again. Again. Okay, found one. But they don't federate. Looks up federate. Wait, so it doesn't talk to the official instance. Okay, fuck this.