Yes, there are lots of places you can get help with using Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse.
Here are some website guides to help you:
- There’s fedi.tips, the website you are viewing right now 🙂
- Another online Mastodon guide is Mastodon Help ⧉
- The site at JoinFediverse.wiki ⧉ is a wiki with lots of articles about the Fediverse (including Mastodon)
- If you speak French, there is a guide at didiermary.fr ⧉ and a guide at Fedi trucs ⧉.
- If you speak Indonesian, there is a guide at Panduan Fediverse ⧉.
- If you speak Ukrainian, there’s a guide at Як користуватися Mastodon та Fediverse – Основні поради ⧉.
- If you’re a software developer, system admin or just a tech enthusiast, there’s the official documentation for Mastodon ⧉.
Here are some helpful videos to explain basic concepts:
- A really easy-to-understand intro video about Mastodon called “Mastodon in 180 Seconds” ⧉
- A beautifully-made short film about the concept of the Fediverse called “Introducing the Fediverse” ⧉ which is also available in a French-language version ⧉ and an Italian-language version ⧉.
- An official intro animation about Mastodon called “What is Mastodon?” ⧉
- There’s an excellent friendly and simple (but surprisingly detailed) video called “The Crafter’s Guide to the Fediverse” ⧉. It’s made by a crafting channel but it also works as a general intro to Mastodon and the Fediverse for anyone.
- There’s a practical overview video called “How to use Mastodon: The Complete Guide” ⧉.
- A video looking at the Fediverse including Mastodon, PeerTube and Pixelfed called “The Quick Start Guide to the Fediverse” ⧉.
- An animated quick look at the basic idea of the Fediverse called “What is the Fediverse?”⧉.