River@riverpunk@defcon.social
@der_schrank@biplus.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social as you're learning about Mastodon and Fediverse, I highly suggest checking out some of the resources that @FediTips@social.growyourown.services has released. They're how I learned most of what I know about fedi.
https://fedi.tips/
Best of luck!
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@riverpunk@defcon.social @der_schrank@biplus.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social
Hi Hannah, welcome!
About your question, Mastodon is part of a much larger social network called the Fediverse.
I've done an easy-to-understand guide about this at https://fedi.tips/what-is-mastodon-what-is-the-fediverse/
There are also lots more guides on the front page at https://fedi.tips and feel free to ask if you want help with anything specific. I am trying to provide unofficial tech support on here 🙂