That’s more of a substack issue

The content of the guide (the real guide linked below) is pretty good :)

https://www.staygrounded.online/p/a-simple-guide-to-mastodon-and-the

You can just click “no thanks” to the subscription box, but I’ve copy-pasted the full guide (short version) here for you:

1. Download the Mastodon app from the Apple app store or Play store.

2. Create an account (just like Twitter or any other social media)

3. Follow people, and get posting.

if you power through that then next stop is that this is not the full article and need to click “Read full story”