What is Twitter?

• Social Network
• Short Messages
  • Images/Videos
• Following
• Trends

What makes Twitter special?

What is Federation?

Federation

• Federation is a form of decentralization
• No single central provider
• Multiple provider talking to each other

What is Mastodon?

Selecting an Instance

• instances.social

• joinmastodon.org/servers

Reviewing an instance

• Who is running the instance?
• How can I contact an administrator?
• Is their security alright(ish)?
  • search.censys.io

Apps

tusky.app

official Android

Finding people from Twitter

Things

• Tweet -> Toot
• Local Timeline
• Content Warning

Setting up accounts

• Selecting Instance
• First Toot
• Bio
• Privacy Settings
• Privacy Disclaimers

What is Fediverse?

ActivityPub

• an Internet Standard
• Servers talking to each other
• Continuously Improved