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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.*
People who are as annoying as they are clever never seem to shut up about it. And with every obscure new hack you add to your toolbelt, there's a thrilling sense of mastery.
As with the Linux community, when you poke your head into the fediverse you will find the others; your fellow geeks and misfits. Sure, you'll also run into dogma and ignorance like anywhere else, but on the fediverse the cultural status quo isn't determined by top-level management, it's an open ticket labeled 'help wanted'.