Oh my goodness... a LOT of new people... Welcome!
If you need help with using Mastodon and the Fediverse, have a look at:
It's written for a non-technical audience, and hopefully answers most beginners' questions.
If you're looking for accounts to follow, there are lots of ways to do it summarised here:
If you have any problems, ask me and I'll try to help!
...also:
-You only need to sign up on one server. The servers communicate to form a single network. People from different servers can follow and interact with each other.
-Don't sign up on mastodon.social, it's way too overloaded. You will have a nicer experience on a different server. You can find well-run reliable servers at https://joinmastodon.org/servers and https://fedi.garden
-You can always move and keep your followers/follows if you ever change your mind about being on a particular server
So glad you are here to guide all the newbies coming in these days!
I can just point them to you, and I know they will get honest guidance and plenty of it!
Your companion website is a GREAT source of information too!
Thank you!
Aww, thank you so much!
Really glad to help! It is very rewarding if the site and account are useful