Opening a pixelfed account on [@milpamerica.org](https://milpamerica.org/site/kb/instance-actor ) has been a great way to reflect on onboarding.
It's my first real experience of federation.
It is a cooperative, but I don't know how to find basic info about governance, finances, policies, how to participate, etc. (The description in El Pais sounds great, though. https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-25/milpamerica-a-social-network-for-resisting-the-musk-algorithm.html)
"About this instance" should be at the top of the Getting Started list in every Mastodon instance, with a link to a wiki or such.
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