I am brand new to all of this and very excited about the #Forkiverse so please be gentle and kind.
@tchambers Welcome to the #Forkiverse. Listen to Casey Newton's podcast and see his engaged audience joins in. If you've ever tried to recruit friends into the #Fediverse (0 success) you'll appreciate how willing these new users are to try something new when it's made easy.
@tchambers first the #forkiverse...then...the spooniverse...
My #introduction to this #forkiverse and what feels like a small happy place on the internet. I would love to have my feed filled with funny cats, deep insights on the state of the world and a flow of creative creations to get inspired by. On a daily basis I split my energy between #genetics, #embroidery and #dance. Glad to be here, here's one of my recent projects🌼
If you're on the #forkiverse and a hockey fan try following the #HNOM hastag. Hockey Night On Mastodon.
As a researcher of alternative social media platforms, I couldn’t resist joining the #forkiverse.
If you’re reading this, I’d love to hear your story. What brought you here? What keeps you here?
This is Bienkie. She’s the youngest. But she was the first and best photo in my camera roll. Thus she gets to be the first thing I post here on the #forkiverse . I love the podcast that brought me here and I hope this becomes something way healthier than what we are all used to. #cats #introduction
Watching the #forkiverse come online is a good example of how to populate the Fediverse. One reason why https://a2mi.social has lasted for all these years is because we started with a core group of people who all wanted to talk to each other. It sidesteps the empty room problem.
I still expect a lot of people to drop off after the newness wears out but I also suspect a core group will stick around and slowly grow.
They're gonna tell you the #forkiverse is a community but if you really want that, start a #matrix server.
Every fedi server is less a place than a portal to a shared space nobody controls and whose culture is only what most of the people hanging out there decide. Your choice of portal is mostly about the protection spell you want cast upon you as you walk through. The moderation rules and enforcement processes that somewhat filter what you're able to see. But no algos will assault you here.
"The #Forkiverse makes all of this visible...unfolding in real time. We are watching a community take shape, with excitement, disagreement, and inevitable growing pains. Whether or not it fixes the internet is almost beside the point...in the Fediverse, community is not abstract. Community matters more than algorithms....It is intentional, contextual, and deeply shaped by where you choose to belong. And there is space, even if you have too many faces." https://maho.dev/2026/01/the-forkiverse-experiment-and-why-instance-choice-matters/
"The #Forkiverse makes all of this visible...unfolding in real time. We are watching a community take shape, with excitement, disagreement, and inevitable growing pains. Whether or not it fixes the internet is almost beside the point...in the Fediverse, community is not abstract. Community matters more than algorithms....It is intentional, contextual, and deeply shaped by where you choose to belong. And there is space, even if you have too many faces." https://maho.dev/2026/01/the-forkiverse-experiment-and-why-instance-choice-matters/
@tchambers first the #forkiverse...then...the spooniverse...
If you're on the #forkiverse and a hockey fan try following the #HNOM hastag. Hockey Night On Mastodon.
#Forkiverse people, if you want to inject some good news in your timeline make sure to follow my bot @TheBrightSide and if you have a feel good news to share tag it on it!
The #forkiverse influx has been fun for me because (I think) it’s the biggest instance I’ve seen join where the majority of users are unaware ahead of time that there are other instances that have been around much longer, so it’s just a stream of new accounts doing the Dr Who “it’s bigger on the inside” bit on repeat.
