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<title>Getting Started | Keyboard Vagabond Fediverse Guide for Digital Nomads</title>
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<h1>Get started with Keyboard Vagabond</h1>
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<p>New to the fediverse? This guide walks you through signing up on Keyboard Vagabond and customizing your feed. Accounts require manual approval to prevent spam—allow a little time after you sign up. For background on how the community works, see our <a href="about.html">about page</a>.</p>
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<h2>Join a Keyboard Vagabond service</h2>
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<p id="join-heading">If you want to make Keyboard Vagabond your home, sign up on <strong><a href="https://piefed.keyboardvagabond.com">Piefed</a></strong>,
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<strong><a href="https://pixelfed.keyboardvagabond.com">Pixelfed</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://mastodon.keyboardvagabond.com">Mastodon</a></strong>,
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<strong><a href="https://bookwyrm.keyboardvagabond.com">Bookwyrm</a></strong>, or <strong><a href="https://blog.keyboardvagabond.com">Write Freely</a></strong>.
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Then start customizing your feed.</p>
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<h3>Piefed</h3>
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<p>Browse the home page to see all known posts, or click the Local button to see posts made on this server.</p>
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<img src="https://picsur.keyboardvagabond.com/i/40afcd10-8779-4600-9df9-0bf3e48fd097.png?width=1000&shrinkOnly=true" alt="Screenshot showing Local posts on Piefed" loading="lazy">
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<p>Expand the explore menu to see collections of communities.</p>
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<h3>Mastodon</h3>
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<p>After creating your account, head over to <a href="https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/" rel="nofollow">fedidevs.com/starter-packs</a>
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and search for accounts that fit your interests.</p>
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<p>You can also visit the Explore page to see trending hashtags to follow. Try searching for hashtags like <a
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href="https://mastodon.keyboardvagabond.com/tags/travel" target="_blank">#travel</a>, <a
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href="https://mastodon.keyboardvagabond.com/tags/travelphotography" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a>, or <a
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href="https://mastodon.keyboardvagabond.com/tags/EscapeFlights" target="_blank">#EscapeFlights</a>.</p>
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<h2>Expanding what you see</h2>
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<p>Keyboard Vagabond is a smaller server, and the fediverse works by sharing what each instance follows.
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Larger instances may have more content visible by default, but that does not mean they are better.
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You can explore other servers, create accounts elsewhere, or subscribe to users and communities so their posts show up here.</p>
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<h3>Other fediverse servers</h3>
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<li><a href="https://piefed.keyboardvagabond.com/auth/instance_chooser">Piefed Instance Chooser</a> — find other Piefed servers. <a href="https://piefed.social/" rel="nofollow">Piefed.social</a> is the flagship instance.</li>
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<li><a href="https://join-lemmy.org/instances" rel="nofollow">Join Lemmy</a> — the original Reddit alternative, with <a href="https://lemmy.zip/" rel="nofollow">Lemmy.zip</a> as a popular choice.</li>
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<li><a href="https://joinmastodon.org/servers" rel="nofollow">Join Mastodon</a> — Twitter alternative; <a href="https://mastodon.social" rel="nofollow">Mastodon.social</a> is the flagship instance.</li>
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<li><a href="https://pixelfed.org/servers" rel="nofollow">Join Pixelfed</a> — photo sharing / Instagram alternative; <a href="https://pixelfed.social" rel="nofollow">Pixelfed.social</a> is the flagship instance.</li>
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<h2>Codes of Conduct</h2>
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<p>While corporate media is primarily interested in the Terms of Service, the fediverse cares about the
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Code of Conduct—the agreement for how we treat each other and what behavior is and is not tolerated.
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Each instance should have one, including those of Keyboard Vagabond. These agreements help us
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create welcoming spaces that are free of harassment and bigotry.</p>
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<h2>Creating your experience</h2>
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<p>In the fediverse, there are no algorithms. No one is trying to harvest your data or monetize your attention.
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You control what you see by choosing who and what to follow. On Piefed, use the Explore button, Posts/Hashtags/News tabs,
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local communities, and topics to discover nomad-focused content.</p>
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<small>Check out that Explore button on the main page.</small>
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<small>Visit the Posts, Hashtags, and News tabs to see what's on the server.</small>
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<small>Look at the local communities to see what communities have been created on this server specifically. The rest of the communities are ones that this server is following. Following communities on other instances will result in them being shown here.</small>
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alt="Communities, Local Communities" loading="lazy">
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<small>Scroll all the way to the bottom to find local topics. Topics are groups of communities. You can suggest more in the Meta community.</small>
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<img src="https://picsur.keyboardvagabond.com/i/e5909364-3c4f-4bca-8631-5b1225781177.png?width=700"
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