https://blog.erlend.sh/every-greenfield-oss-project-should-join-mastodon
Joining the #fediverse is a lot like installing your first Linux distro. Nothing is quite as easy as what you're used to; seemingly simple tweaks lead you down deep rabbit holes of community-curated knowledge spread across unofficial wikis and old-school bulletin boards.
But somehow it doesn't feel all that laborious. That's because you didn't install Linux to save time. You entered the world of Linux because you got the sense that *something is happening over there.*