Post by @miaura@toot.cat

For anyone else who's been confused about the influx of new users and posts mentioning #Forkiverse the last couple of days, here's what I've learned so far:

It's a Mastodon instance set up by the hosts of the podcasts Search Engine and Hard Fork last year, and announced in the Jan 9 episode “The Fediverse Experiment” (linked below).
It's not actually a fork! 😄 The instance runs on vanilla Mastodon; its name just seems to be a reference to the Hard Fork podcast.
The vibes feel similar to beige.party, except this one's definitely a cult.

Link to the podcast episode: https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment
(I haven't actually listened to this myself, so I make no guarantees regarding the accuracy of any of the above claims 😇)

#forkiverse

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James

@DrJLecter@beige.party 8 mo. ago

@miaura thanks for the explanation! I was very confused 🤣

Roberto von Archimboldi

@RobertoArchimboldi@kolektiva.social 8 mo. ago

@DrJLecter @miaura me too. Thank you

Laura, the Normie 🌝

@miaura@toot.cat 8 mo. ago

@RobertoArchimboldi @DrJLecter Haha same here, it took me a while to figure out why all these new people were suddenly signing up, and that it's not a whole new fedi platform or fork of some kind! But I'm excited, it's not often that someone with such a large audience uses that influence to promote the fediverse!

Roberto von Archimboldi

@RobertoArchimboldi@kolektiva.social 8 mo. ago

@miaura @DrJLecter it is pretty cool. Also if they beige like cultists, even better. I approve of the silliness

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Laura, the Normie 🌝

@miaura@toot.cat 8 mo. ago

Welcome, #Forkizens! Have some assorted cutlery from the toot.cat custom emoji set:

And here's a few bits of unsolicited advice from this random Mastodon user!

First of all, add a bit of info about yourself to your bio! Makes it easier to tell you're not a bot 😊
Make a little #introduction post if you haven't yet! You can include some hashtags relevant to your interests to help others find you.
Masto doesn't have algorithms that automatically add posts to your feed, so populate your timeline by following anyone who seems interesting. You can always unfollow or mute later – folks don't tend to take that personally around here!
You can also follow hashtags! See that “Follow hashtag” button at the top when you browse the #Forkiverse tag? Click on that and all new posts with that tag will appear on your feed. 🙌
Whenever you see a good post, reblog it! We call that “boosting a toot” ’round here
When posting pictures or videos, adding a quick description in the Alt Text will increase your chances of others boosting that toot!
Check out @FediTips, and don't be afraid to ask questions! Anyone who's rude to you about it can get blocked 😌 (or muted, if you're feeling generous).