Asklemmy

Don't worry, everyone is still new to Lemmy! It's a community in its infancy, still growing and learning how to interact. You're getting in at what is essentially the beginning, and over time people will develop the unspoken rules and etiquette that other sites have developed over years. It's an exciting time!

Don't feel the need to "fit in with the crowd". Individuality is more fun anyways.

Take on a new project. With that comes more learning than you’ll ever get from reading a few articles. Set up a NAS, build a router, run Ethernet cables through your house, dual boot Linux, or something. It’s fun, you’ll learn a lot, and you will become more useful as a person. Just remember, though, when your aunt says her printer is broken, tell her you know nothing about computers!

You def don’t need to be super tech savvy here. Just learn as things come! That’s how I learned and now I’m a big computer boi with Linuxes under each armpit.

I think the best starting point is asking "what do I want yo do with technology."

It is a vast subject and no one knows all of it.

If all you want to do is read the news and comment on cat pictures, that's fine.

If you want to learn how to make your own music, or write your own website, or edit photos of your cats - then that is where you should start.

What do you think would be a good, small starter project for you?

Perhaps you can read about Mastodon and how it works. It's also federated, but much more popular, so it might be easier to find information about it.

You can probably just google or ask and eventually you'll remember (if you want to go a step ahead turn it all into flashcards on something like anki i guess)