I think the "confusion" is just from having to pick an instance although iirc they made mastodon.social the "default" one for people who didn't want to choose, so maybe that hurdle is gone now, not sure.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought mastodon.social was closed to new accounts for aaages now

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still looks like it's the default when you sign up from the mobile app, but both my accounts are on tiny servers so I'm far from an expert here 😅

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Might've just been around when I started. I think they were struggling with everyone signing up there at the time. I went to mas.to instead

[–] jerebear205@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

They are about comparable, once you understand the instances it's pretty straightforward. But I'm ngl, I was confused at first. I'd made my first Mastodon account in 2018! And didn't use it till recently because I didn't understand it for the longest.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

I don't use it either, but I guess someone from your instance has to follow someone on another instance before you see content from there…? Maybe someone else can chime in. I just get this stuff third-hand from reading things other people say and listening to nerdy podcasts.