Fediverse

Servers

Here are some links to help you pick your instance (give you an idea of what behaviour is expected, if there are any subject specialisations, etc). You will want to do more research into an instance before joining, because a lot are trash. It's now pretty easy to move your account between instances though.

Mastodon has a list of servers. It's not very thorough, but a better starting point than just joining mastodon.social/.online: https://joinmastodon.org/servers
https://instances.social/list
https://joinfediverse.wiki/Special_interest_instances
https://joinfediverse.wiki/Local_instances

☞ There's been a lot of new servers recently, and this is pretty out of date
Maybe should add 'software' column.

Server	Theme	Note
ausglam.space	GLAM	Australian Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, and records people.
avantwhatever.org	Music-making	Avantwhatever-related, so Au mostly-sound artists.
D♭ Major	Music-making
sonomu.club	Music-making	Been round for a bit, admin. seems alright.
castling.club		Play chess over activitypub 👌
dice.camp	Tabletop games
digipres.club	Digital preservation
gamemaking.social	Game-making	My game-making related one.
indiepocalypse.social	Game-making	Another well-modereated games server.
gamedev.lgbt	Game-making	Another well-modereated games server.
peoplemaking.games	Game-making	A bit less strongly moderated, and the admin working for Facebook VR whatever weirds me out.
FGC.Network	Videogames	Fighting game community Pleroma server.
robloxcommunity.social	Videogames	Roblox!
mastportal.info	Videogames	Hosts Animal Crossing and Pokémon themed instances. Mostly Japanese.
friend.camp	General	Seems very communal. The admin maintains their own fork called Hometown, with stuff like instance-only posts.
linernotes.club	Music	I had an account here, but other members' tastes were pretty bland.
RecordPlug.club	Music	Another music one that sems a bit bland. Affiliated with some US music mag.
mastd.racing	Motorsport	English/French.
post.lurk.org	Art	Another communal-feeling instance. Kinda an art/tech crossover instance. They host other services too.
tldr.nettime	Art
rhizome.social	Art	Rhizome-affiliated.
video.rhizome.org	Art	Rhizome-affiliated Peertube.
sneakerwave.net	Fashion	Runners/trainers/sneakers.
social.chinwag.org	General	Mostly Australian

Useful URLs

※ Mastodon includes forks Hometown and Glitch
※ Pleroma includes fork Akkoma
※ Misskey includes fork Calckey

Server	Profile	Local Timeline	Federated Timeline
Friendica	`[server]/profile/[user]`	`[server]/community/local`	`[server]/community/global`
Mastodon	`[server]/@[user]`
Misskey	`[server]/@[user]`
Pleroma	`[server]/[user]`	`[server]/main/public`	`[server]/main/all`
Soapbox	`[server/@[user]`	`[server]/timeline/local`	`[server]/timeline/fediverse`

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