Newbie tip: if you haven't taken a moment, search for "#introduction" and say hi to some other new people, even if you don't know them or they're on other instances!
One thing that surprised me about Mastodon is the culture of kindness and friendliness here. I've promoted it to many people by saying "friendly randos will welcome you, and 'friendly randos' is not a contradiction on Mastodon." Let's help keep that true! 😁
@nolan this is how every social network feels with it's new and small.
@nolan exactly the feeling one generally has about diaspora*, seems there is a correlation between freeness and empathy \o/