[NFB-Mastodon] Getting Started with Mastodon

Wed Jun 28 23:36:53 UTC 2023

Chris, I agree with you. Not only that but the developer of Mona is very receptive to blind users and has provided some of the most amazing VoiceOver support I’ve ever seen in an app. As someone who uses Mastodon on a daily basis it was the best ten dollars I’ve spent.

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From: NFB-Mastodon <nfb-mastodon-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Danielsen, Chris via NFB-Mastodon
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Mastodon] Getting Started with Mastodon

Mona is awesome for a number of reasons, including that it allows you to take a look at the content of multiple servers without joining them. This may help some in deciding where to set up home base.

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Can I suggest using Mona and listening to one of the Living Blindfully podcasts #227 which is a tutorial.

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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.

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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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