Mastodon Links
Page last updated on 5 August 2023 [change log].
Basic information and guides
Join Mastodon
The official site of Mastodon. Includes a list of servers that have committed to the Mastodon Server Covenant, as well as a list of 3rd party apps.
Fedi.Tips: An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon & the Fediverse
An unofficial non-technical guide to using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. There's a search function to help you find the exact thing you're looking for, but you can also just browse around.
Mastodon Help
An introduction to Mastodon's basic concepts and features. Includes an Instances search engine that you can use when deciding which instance to join.
An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon
A Mastodon guide that's written in the FAQ style with a great Table of Contents that links directly to each question.
Detailed information
The Oliphant: Reading your DMs
A blog post explaining how direct messages work on Mastodon, who can access them and how.
Join Mastodon: Dealing with unwanted content
The official Mastodon documentation about how to filter posts, hide boosts, mute & block other users, hide entire servers and report content to moderators.
Blorbo.Social Blog: Tagging and wrapping your posts
A short guide on how to use tags and content wrappers/warnings.
Mastodon apps feature comparison
A Google Sheets document comparing the features of different Mastodon apps. Not necessarily totally up-to-date, but still quite helpful.
Choosing your instance/server
Mastodon instances
A wizard that helps you choose an instance based on different criteria (languages used on the instance, allowed & prohibited content, number of users).
Mastodon Help: Instances
A search engine for Mastodon instances.
Fediverse Observer
A search engine for all Fediverse servers, not just for Mastodon.
Migrating to a new instance/server
Cutie City Guide: Migrating Servers
A step-by-step guide on how to migrate from one Mastodon server to another. You can personalise the guide by adding your old and new account usernames to specific fields.
Nerds Chalk: Change or Switch servers on Mastodon: Step-by-step guide
Another guide about switching servers. This one has more screenshots than the Cutie City Guide's version.