What is Mastodon? What is the Fediverse?
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How do I join?
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Do I need multiple accounts? Do I need to join lots of servers?
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Who owns the Fediverse? Is the Fediverse owned by a corporation or venture capital firm? Can it be bought out by Google/Facebook/Elon Musk?
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Who sets the rules on the Fediverse? How do I find out what the rules are on my server?
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Who gets to start their own server?
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Why is the Fediverse on so many separate servers?
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What if a server misbehaves? What if it allows its members to do something really bad?
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Does Mastodon or the Fediverse use ads or trackers or algorithms or blockchain or cryptocurrency or anything annoying like that?
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What other kinds of servers are on the Fediverse?
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What’s that rainbow pentagon thing that everyone seems to use on the Fediverse?
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What do I do next? Are there any other guides to Mastodon and the Fediverse?
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