instances VS GuideToMastodon

Mastodon

A good way to find an instance that works for you is the site: Mastodon instances https://instances.social/

Firstly, you can start by searching for instances of interest here.

The latter. Source is at https://github.com/gallizoltan/usercount which states:

> A bot which counts users from all instances listed at https://instances.social then posts statistics to Mastodon.

> User Count Bot for all known Mastodon instances

For those on the fence, but know more about how instances work, this resource may help you pick a relevant one. There is also this Github resource that enlists all academia-based instances.

I used this site for finding specialized Mastodon servers. I used a variety of search string and did not find any Mastodon servers specialized to Indigenous People's concerns.

Go to this place to find a place to sign up: https://instances.social/

Find and join communities in Reddit alternatives. Here's a list of Mastodon communities, and here's an online tool to find and parse through the different Mastodon communities. This is a list of popular Lemmy servers. However, do keep an eye out as some existing subreddit's moderators may create new communities on these sites.

PS: Misc. other resources - Mastodon 101, An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon, Mastodon Official Help Guide, Some Tips & Tricks, How to grow your presence, More Tips & Tricks, and probably most useful .... on Reddit there's /r/Mastodon

Self-replyijg here to add this link which was very helpful: What's the generally-accepted Mastodon etiquette?, from An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon.

An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon/