Now some of you, especially the newbies, might be thinking, "Huh?! I thought Mastodon *was* the Fediverse?"
No, Mastodon is a Fediverse app, thus part of the Fediverse -- it is not the entirety of the Fediverse.
Mastodon cannot be all things to all people who use the Fediverse.
What even is the Fediverse? I've written this handy thread to catch you up to speed: https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109354761662214688