Much on a user's experience depends on the instance they live in. I am very happy I selected Qoto as my first one -- based on the small amount of info displayed about each in the joinmastodon.org pages.
Turned out well, and I am still here, active and putting time, effort and love into this. But I have also kept an open eye, curiosity and have been exploring, scouting on the vastness of fedi.
There's more, lots more, and I enjoy the discovery as much as going for long walks in an European city for the first time.
No maps is my usual approach, serendipity is lovely. I end up tired but so satisfied with the experiences I find.
Mastodon.social is the Twitter of mastoworld.
If I had joined there as my first instance, I wouldn't have stayed for 3 days even, I imagine.
I do have an account there, and there's a purpose for it -- but it's minimal in the day to day operations for me.
#FediReporter on the beat, #rgxJournal logged.
>> Thanks to the *extensive* fedireports that you made Yann, I feel we can find our way.
And on that sense, I drop a mention to my most popular Blog page so far -- take a look when you have a chance, or bookmark it. There is a section in the second part where I review and describe some of the instances I had accounts at the time. mastodon.social is included.
https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/is-it-important-which-instance-you-are-in
#FediReporter again!