Mastodon
Mastodon is an open source microblogging platform most often compared to Twitter. Started in 2016, Mastodon is largely funded by donations and an ongoing crowdfunding campaign via Patreon. The platform is often considered a major contributing factor to the growth of the Fediverse over the past seven years.
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News
Mastodon Announces Fediverse Discovery Providers
Mastodon Engineering has announced a new network-wide effort to create a framework for service providers offering a variety of capabilities.
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Mozilla.Social is Shutting Down
Mozilla has announced that they are officially closing down their Fediverse social instance, to focus on their other efforts.
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“Mastodon for Harris” is a Success Story for Fediverse Activism
A grassroots fundraising campaign for the 2024 election is trending towards half a million dollars raised by Fediverse members.
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Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (Updated)
A social network founded by a former OpenAI employee was caught importing public posts from Mastodon...and ran AI analysis to…
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People
A Primer on Mastodon’s New Board Members
With Mastodon's recent incorporation as a US 501c3, the question has come up: who are the board members? What do…
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Opinion
The Trouble with Forking Mastodon
In recent weeks, people unhappy with Mastodon project talked about forking the project in a different direction. It's harder than…
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News
Mastodon Incorporates as a Non-Profit in the US
The company behind one of the biggest projects in the Fediverse has migrated as an entity to the United States…
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Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity
It turns out, if people in an online community really don't like what you're doing, they can turn to harassment,…
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Newsmast Brings Huge New Features in 3.0 Update
The fledgling Fediverse discovery hub takes a big step today, showcasing deeper integrations with Mastodon, and a developer API for…
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Moderation
Decentered S1E4: Shawn Grigson and the Oliphant in the Room
Oliphant is often seen as the community standard-bearer when it comes to shared blocklists. But how did it start, what…
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