The wonderful Adam has enabled social.lol for all the usernames one has on omg.lol, his wonderful suite of internet fun, so I went ahead and activated all three of them. Yes, I now have not one, but three Mastodon accounts! Well, four, but we’ll get to that in a minute.

(Truth be told there are a few others, scattered around instances I tried in the past, but these are abandoned now)

So, where can you find me, and what can you expect when you do?

The main one is @maique@social.lol, where every single post that shows up on {micro maique} ends up, as well as every sticker on sticker spotter. That’s the whole maique package, or a close as it gets. It’s the account I use to follow people, and interact.

If you don’t want all the yadda yadda yadda, and just wish to look at stickers, you can follow @stickerspotter@social.lol. The blog with the entire sticker collection is also a separate one, so it made sense to offer the same on Mastodon.

The third one is mrBatsu, my alter-ego for ages, and test account at omg.lol. I’m using the @mrBatsu@social.lol account to share links of stuff I read. For now. Something else might end up there in the future.

There’s a fourth account, one I’m not using, but felt I needed. The Portuguese community gathers at masto.pt, so I went ahead and asked for an account there, warning the admin I wouldn’t be posting often. He said yes. The instance is administered by Hugo, a wonderful developer, sysadmin, and owner of masto.host, a fully managed Mastodon hosting service. If you’re looking to host your own instance, I can’t recommend it enough.

If you’re looking for an instance to call home, take a look at the server list on joinmastodon.org.

Bonus: the iOS apps.

Mastodon has an official app now, and it’s ok. My favorite, the one I’m using more often, is Metatext.

There’s also Toot!, Mastoot, tooot, and a ton others. I’m sure you’ll find one that suits you.

You can also just add the web view to your home screen, and be done with that.

Mastodon is great fun, and I’m glad it’s getting more attention, and more users. Hope to see you there as well.