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Once you found an instance, before you create an account, make sure you get familiar with the instance rules and are okay with them. <br>
Once you found an instance, before you create an account, make sure you get familiar with the instance rules and are okay with them. <br>
Too few or soft rules could mean you're getting a lot of unwanted messages or posts on your local or global feeds. <br>
Too few or soft rules could mean you're getting a lot of unwanted messages or posts on your local or global feeds. <br>
Also be aware if the instance says it's a [[Free Speech]] instance. That's not neccesarily a good thing.
Also be aware if the instance says it's a [[Free speech]] instance. That's not neccesarily a good thing.


== Creating your account ==
== Creating your account ==

Revision as of 14:53, 8 January 2022

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Creating an account is easy. First you choose an instance and then you register with your email and password.

How to choose an instance

  • Our Local instances page helps you if you want an instance local to where you live. (Manually collected)
  • Our Special interest instances page helps you if you want an instance based on an interest of yours. (Manually collected)
  • Fediverse Observer provides some lists of instances categorized by software. (Automatically collected)
  • Fediverse.Party provides a list of themed instances. (Manually collected)
  • To the Fediverse! provides some lists of instances which is sorted by newest & biggest, categorized by languages & themes. (Automatically collected)
  • Who To Follow For Mastodon & Pleroma provides a list of instances sorted by the number of monthly active users. (Automatically collected)

If you don't know what software you want to use yet you might want to, go back to What are Fediverse projects?.

Once you found an instance, before you create an account, make sure you get familiar with the instance rules and are okay with them.
Too few or soft rules could mean you're getting a lot of unwanted messages or posts on your local or global feeds.
Also be aware if the instance says it's a Free speech instance. That's not neccesarily a good thing.

Creating your account

All you need to create an account is an email address and a password. No phone number or other form of identification is needed.
You can choose any username that doesn't exist on that instance yet.
So even if someone else on the Fediverse is already called @anonymous you can still call yourself @anonymous if you're on a different instance.

Your Fediverse handle will be @username@instance.domain and everybody on the Fediverse will be able to find you with that handle.

Further reading

Moving instances