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If you pick one server you will be able to interact with others on different servers, but your "home" timeline will be that of the server you choose. So for example, if you are a Bitcoin maxi then bitcoinhackers.org might be your cup of tea as any other mention of another coin there will get your posts deleted and your account banned - true story. Oh those BTC boyz, lol.
Anyhow, there is a decent list of servers you can choose from the "Categories" on the left hand side of [JoinMastodon.org here](https://joinmastodon.org/communities). If you are not finding what you are looking for there, then check out these others lists or do a web search for Mastodon servers/instances:
Anyhow, there is a decent list of servers, which you can choose from the "Categories" on the left hand side of, at [JoinMastodon.org here](https://joinmastodon.org/communities). If you are not finding what you are looking for there, then check out these others lists or do a web search for Mastodon servers/instances:
* [Mastodon instances.social chooser tool](https://instances.social/) which lets you choose criteria and then gives you some server options
* [Fediverse.party even has their own Mastodon server list](https://fediverse.party/en/portal/servers)
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Now that you have selected a server, let's begin your journey. I'm a Linux user, so I chose [social.linux.pizza](http://social.linux.pizza), which I believe I discovered from the instances.social tool.
Part of the beauty of Mastodon is that you can migrate my account to another server if you ever wanted to or if the server admin was planning a server shutdown, so you can always migrate everything (your account with all your followers and content) down the road.
Part of the beauty of Mastodon is that you can migrate your account to another server if you ever wanted to or if the server admin was planning a server shutdown, so you can always migrate everything (your account with all your followers and content) down the road.
You open up the server you are interested in within your web browser and see if they are actively allowing the public to join. If they are then [follow along in this video](https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/baf47864-08d8-483f-8518-9a973f99aac8) which explains how to create a Mastodon account at around 8 minutes in the video.
