![]() Each server is moderated and managed by the people who run it, and one view you can choose shows you the new content from people on your instance.īut you can follow, and be followed by, people on any instance, not just the one you’re on. ![]() Some servers (or ‘instances’) are built around particular interests or regions, others may be run by companies or other communities. Many people sign up to one of the big ones like ‘mastodon.social’ - you can find me as - but there are lots of other options. Mastodon is ‘federated’, meaning that it consists of lots of servers talking to each other. There’s essentially no spam or advertising, at least for now, and it’s much less likely in the future. The feed(s) you see are based purely on whom you follow, and not on somebody else’s algorithm. It is not driven by profit as its primary motivation. Mastodon is not run by any single company. ![]() ![]() So what does Mastodon have going for it, apart from not being under Elon’s control? Well, a proper answer to that would be really quite long, but here are a few key points: I’m reserving judgement on that for the moment, but Mastodon has apparently gained about a million users in the last couple of weeks. And it’s getting a lot of attention at present as people are leaving Twitter, or at least exploring alternatives, because they don’t like what Elon Musk is doing with it or what they fear he might do in the future. I’ve started playing a bit more with Mastodon.įor some of you, Mastodon will be old news - I’ve had a Mastodon account for four years, but haven’t really used it before - but many more, I imagine, will be saying, “Mastodon? Never heard of it!” I think you probably will be hearing a lot more about it, though, very soon, so I wanted to make sure you heard it here first!Īt its simplest, Mastodon is a social network/microblogging platform rather like Twitter. ![]()
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