Punk Fediverse Servers
This is a lost of known Fediverse servers that are for or friendly to hardcore punk subculture. We can't necessarily vouch for or endorse every server on this list, but we've heard of an interacted with them.
- Counterforce.social (Mastodon)
- Our server, intended as an entrypoint for like-minded punks to the Fediverse.
- 438 Punk House (Mastodon/Hometown)
- Invite-only for Montreal punks.
- Desposseits (Mastodon)
- Run by a Counterforce Contributor and based in Barcelona. Users post in Spanish, Catalan and English.
- Electric Requiem (Firefish)
- A Greek server where you'll find punks, metalheads, and people who orbit around anarchism.
- Kolektiva.social (Mastodon)
- The largest international anarchist server.
- anar.chi.st (Pixelfed)
- Anarchist Pixelfed server
- Autonomous.zone (Mastodon) A small server of European anarchists.
- Yiny (PeerTube)
- France-based PeerTube instance for punks.
If you run or know of a server that should be added to this list, get in touch!
Guides and resources
- The Counterforce Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse (for punks)
- Our guide that's also available as a zine.
- Fedizine
- Another shorter zine from 2021 for anarchists.
- Mastodon.help
- A short website that explains Mastodon clearly, but in more technical detail. Useful if you want to dig deeper or have a technical question.
- fedi.tips
- FAQ for how to do anything on Mastodon and the Fediverse
- Mastodon official documentation
- How to use Mastodon Social Network (Beginners Tutorial) (video)
- Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media (video)
- Join The Fediverse
- Provides an explanation of the Fediverse, along with a searchable directory of servers you could join.
- Complete beginner's guide to installing Mastodon (+ Hometown)
More stuff
- Delete Instagram
- Fedi.Punk.Guide
- Diretory of punk bands, labels, event guides, zines, promoters, etc on the Fediverse
- Intergalactic call for a Fediparty
- FediHost
- Managed hosting for Fediverse servers, a cheap and easy way to set up your own small server.
Fediverse platforms
A small selection of some of the parts of the Fediverse that would be of interest to punks:
- Bandwagon.fm
- (like Bandcamp... follow a band)
- Gancio
- (powers all the Ask A Punk calendars!)
- Bookwyrm
- (for tracking reading and sharing book recommendations like Goodreads)
- Lemmy
- (like Reddit)
- neoDB
- (review and catalog your records, books or anything else)
