Encouraging non-technical people and organisations to set up their own online services instead of relying on massive corporations.

All the recommended services are free and open source, and available through managed hosting providers. You can find out more on my website at https://growyourown.services

🚫 Completely opposed to cryptocurrency, NFTs, blockchain, tokens, defi, daos, "web3" etc. They are scams.

Maintained by @FediThing

Highlighting nice servers to join on Mastodon and the Fediverse 🙂

This account has a website directory of servers at https://fedi.garden. All servers listed comply with rules detailed at https://fedi.garden/about-this-site which includes responsible moderation, technical reliability and defederating Meta/Threads.

Maintained by @FediThing

Boosting interesting videos & livestreams from the Fediverse 🍿

@ or DM me if you want to suggest a video or livestream 📨

Maintained by @FediThing

🎂 Account originally joined mas.to on 22nd November 2020

Recommending interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse 🌐

You can see past recommendations organised into categories on my website at https://fedi.directory

I am a volunteer, you can buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/fedithing or become a patron at https://liberapay.com/FediThing

Maintained by @FediThing

🎂 Account originally joined mastodon.online on 11th June 2020

Posting tips about how to use Mastodon and the Fediverse 🌍

There are lots of answers to common questions on my website at https://fedi.tips. If you can't find your answer @ or DM me, there's no such thing as a silly question!

I am a volunteer, you can buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/fedithing or become a patron at https://liberapay.com/FediThing

Maintained by @FediThing, banner artwork is by @posiputt

🎂 Account originally joined mstdn.social on 16th Nov 2020