Ok so, could somebody explain what are instances?
And is it baraag or Mastodon?

I've been confused since I joined-- :cry_konata:

@Risallyn I think Mastodon is the overall site, and Baraag is an "instance" that is run by the admin that created it? which is @satori at least that's how I think it works

@Pettancakes @Risallyn Mastodon itself is not a site, in the same way you wouldnât say that every e-mail provider is hosted by one entity.

It is common for people to think that the fediverse works like Discord with âserversâ that are centralized and operated under a single ToS. For example, Knoting@humblr.social can follow and âretweetâ satori@baraag.net, but humblr has completely different ToS and rules from baraag or any other instance server.

@curator @Pettancakes ohh! I see! So how can we find other instances/servers? And navigate between them?

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@Risallyn @curator @Pettancakes
Mastalab app has a function that can give you suggestion on who to follow.
Just like email you can only search through things that are stored on your server (instance). If you want see something that isn't on your instance, you have to an instance that has it. If you follow someone from another instance, that instance start sending their posts to yours.
instances.social is a place where instance owners can list their instance.

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