mastodon.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

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I know mastodon.social is seen as a detriment to some in the fediverse

But have you ever considered my story?

Joined in 2016

Came back in 2018

Built an audience around my new project @pixelfed

We take m.s for granted, a large part of the fediverse literally wouldn't exist unless @Gargron built a suitable GNU/Social successor.

The fediverse is quick to point fingers at Mastodon and Gargron, but thanks to him, you have a platform to do that on.

We love you big G, you are my hero ❤️

Robert Boler

@dansup @pixelfed @Gargron
Cheers to this!

Although it’s not the point of a social web, having a default/general instance to join significantly lowers the barrier for non-techies to join the social web at all.

Y’all who complain might consider some empathy for good people who don’t happen to also be a dang Linux admin.

Smoothing the onboarding process is worth doing. But m.s is a great initial solution.