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If you're in doubt, try mastodon.social or masto.ai. Those are pretty "generic". Your choice does have some consequences. Each Mastodon instance has its own

If you're in doubt, try mastodon.social or masto.ai. Those are pretty "generic". Your choice does have some consequences. Each Mastodon instance has its own tailored block list, which determines which other instances are blocked in your feed. Instances also have their own codes of conduct. You can view an instance's block list and CoC by clicking the "About" link on the bottom left of the instance home page. (See https://mastodon.social/about https://mastodon.social/about for example.)

csomar 4y ago
I'm still confused about where my account exists. In the Server? As a public/private key combination?
- simonw 4y ago
  It exists in the server, but it's possible to move to another server and keep your followers later.
  - csomar 4y ago
    If the server disappears for whatever reason, do I lose my account? Is it me or is this possibly the worst design ever?
    - rvz 4y ago
      > If the server disappears for whatever reason, do I lose my account? Yes you do.
    - toofy 4y ago
      sure, this is pretty standard. how many apps has google shutdown? if google shuts down gmail tomorrow, you'll lose your email. theres an entire site memorializing hundreds of apps google has killed, some of them *very* popular[0] however, the creators of mastodon have made it super easy to download backups of your follows, your blocklists, etc... and you can import them on any server. so even if that were to happen, you can easily setup another account and be running again. unlike any of the closed social sites, with mastodon, if one server were to close, the network will be fine. [0]https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
    - numpad0 4y ago
      It is the worst design ever, you can pick an instance and create an account there if you could trust the owner and your timeline isn’t too busy, but YMMV. UX is somewhat close to Twitter 2015, which is an upside.

csomar 4y ago

I'm still confused about where my account exists. In the Server? As a public/private key combination?

simonw 4y ago
It exists in the server, but it's possible to move to another server and keep your followers later.
- csomar 4y ago
  If the server disappears for whatever reason, do I lose my account? Is it me or is this possibly the worst design ever?
  - rvz 4y ago
    > If the server disappears for whatever reason, do I lose my account? Yes you do.
  - toofy 4y ago
    sure, this is pretty standard. how many apps has google shutdown? if google shuts down gmail tomorrow, you'll lose your email. theres an entire site memorializing hundreds of apps google has killed, some of them *very* popular[0] however, the creators of mastodon have made it super easy to download backups of your follows, your blocklists, etc... and you can import them on any server. so even if that were to happen, you can easily setup another account and be running again. unlike any of the closed social sites, with mastodon, if one server were to close, the network will be fine. [0]https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
  - numpad0 4y ago
    It is the worst design ever, you can pick an instance and create an account there if you could trust the owner and your timeline isn’t too busy, but YMMV. UX is somewhat close to Twitter 2015, which is an upside.