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For anyone looking to experiment with other #Fediverse platforms other than Mastodon, I'm admin of a #Pixelfed instance dedicated to fitness/exercise 
More here: https://docs.exercise.cafe
My account over there is @doug if you want to see the kind of things that get posted.
It's pretty chill. The idea is to *not* be like Strava 
@dajb hello fellow pixelfed admin, mines at @jared@pixel.artemai.art ...
@dajb so I Mastadon is is part/example of a Fediverse?
You're not talking about the instances (servers?) like indie.social, are you?
Why are there more than one Fediverse? And how can they differ?
It's not super clearly described. What is a 'server' in this context? A computer that hosts files?
I thought indieweb.social was a server, and that it was synonym for 'instance'.
I thought those where part of mastadon, you described something being like a sibling of Mastadon.
I can see the value of multible servers split on topic, and topics/capacity. But what is the value of having something besides mastadon? What can those other things do that Mastadon can't?
@juliu Try this one? https://fediverse.party
Imagine Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter which all do slightly different things, but all connected by a common protocol.
@juliu So if Mastodon was the equivalent of Twitter, there'd be a Fediverse equivalent of Instagram (e.g. Pixelfed), etc.
https://fediverse.info/explore/projects
So what I now think:
- project. Feature based (video, microblogging, etc.)
- server. A computer
- instance: collection of projects on a server?
And instance is often grouped by topic, like a subreddit.
But are all messages for indieweb.social really goingt through a single computer (server)? and only stored there?
:dontpanic_nobg: "server" is a sort of synonym for "instance", but also an "instance" can have many "servers" to help split the load - so best to use "instance" in most cases unless you know otherwise.
You can have one identity, and follow and interact with anyone from any of those other platforms
Or, you can create different accounts on each platform to use solely on that one
However you do it is up to you. Having a single account keeps everything in one place, but to follow people you have to know their "handle" (their @name@instance.url). Or, you may just seem them pop up in your own instances timeline, in which case you can just follow them easily.
Having different accounts makes finding people easier, but you then have to manage multiple accounts.
@dajb Supernice! I've joined a few days ago on metapixl.com as I wanted to start somewhere on a relatively small server, but have a REALLY hard time finding other #fitness / #crossfit / #weightlifting related #pixelfed people. Your account looks very empty for me...?
@zegmaarhayke Have you clicked on the option to 'view on remote server'?
(you have to remember that the Fediverse is decentralised and every sever can't cache everything from everywhere 
)
@dajb Tried to add a screenshot, but it's busy at my 
instance so I can't :-)
I can see a 'view remote profile' option when I search on your handle, and click on the wheel next to your picture. I then am forwarded to your profile page at exercise.coffee. I can't find any other way to add you to my timeline in my settings or anywhere. Is that as intended, something wrong with my instance, or should I just join exercise.coffee instead? ;-)
@zegmaarhayke Sounds like your instance is borked!
You should always be able to follow an account on a remote server from your own instance (unless it's been blocked)
Viewing a remote instance is useful to see posts that haven't been cached by your own instance yet.