[NFB-Mastodon] Getting Started with Mastodon

[Sherry Gomes]

You're not late to the party. I've been completely baffled about mastodon for months. Now that twitter isn't usable for us, on the computer specifically, I've lost contact with many followers and those I follow, both on my personal and my author profile. Social media is crucial for my work as an author, as a place for fans to reach me, and as a way to follow other authors, writing resources and more. Not to mention the personal followers I have there and nowhere else. But for the life of me, I'm befuddled by mastodon and the concept of having different servers, how to sign up, how to find people and feeds of interest, the whole bit. I'm normally excellent with new apps but this one has eluded me.


Sherry
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Subject: [NFB-Mastodon] Getting Started with Mastodon

Greetings,
I realize I am probably late to this party, but lately, I have been hearing a lot about Mastodon and how several blind people are joining this new Social Media platform.
I literally know nothing about it except for what little I've heard recently. If some of these questions have already been answered, my apologies.
What is the easiest way to join or sign up? Is this a platform best used by phone or on the computer? For instance, I use Facebook on both, and at times, I use it differently depending on what I am using to access it. Will this be the same with Mastodon?
Also, is there a client people are using for easier use?
Thanks for any information. I will do my best to keep up with things here as well.
Jim Portillo

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