@stefan

Thank you! I had no clue what I was getting into. To make a short story very long.

I found a link to Mastodon servers on a tech blog. Great, I thought. After looking at the list a minute, turns out, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to look at or how to find it. How do I know what server I want to be on?

I started with one server and found the live feed. If I didn't understand anything being posted or care about what they talked about, I left and tried out a different one.

I didn't notice my home server on the list. I couldn't get through them all, (there's a lot of servers out there). I saw someone else's post somewhere referencing this server. I looked it up, went to the live feed, and people were having regular conversations about less technology related stuff and more stuff I understood or found interesting.

I decided to join. I wasn't prepared for the, "say a little bit about yourself" part. People tend to leave out that gem of information. I can't remember what humiliating jibber jabber I ended up submitting.

After a day, I still hadn't received any response. I just assumed I had done something wrong or the person in charge hadn't stopped laughing at all my drivel and was in the process of relocating the server to parts unknown.

I went actively looking for somewhere else. It was almost a week from when I originally submitted my request that the approval came through.

I was so excited! I hadn't been forgotten! The server wasn't relocating to parts unknown! I was here!

And that brings us to now 😀