BuzzMachine, November 21, 2022 by Jeff Jarvis: “An academic friend asked for help joining Mastodon. I wrote a detailed email in response that I thought it might be useful to others. I’m also going to teach a master class in Mastodon at my school on Dec. 5 — much interest, I’m told — so here is my preparation on the practical stuff. (I will also talk that day about the implications of federation on journalism and of affordances on communities such as Black Twitter.) Keep in mind that I am a newbie, so please correct me where where I stray…”

See also: Fedi.Tips an informal, unofficial guide for non-technical people who want to use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. Browse the contents on the index below…and An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon, and via Pete Weiss – The many branches of the Fediverse by Per Axbom