With everyone talking about Twitter and the growing popularity of Mastodon as an alternative, I wanted to take a bit of a dive into the platform and give you my thoughts.
Firstly, what / who is Mastodon?
In simple terms, Mastodon is a decentralized social network that is similar to Twitter. It has a longer character limit of 500 characters per Toot (the same as a Tweet) and can be used to share articles, thoughts, and updates. you might say, it is very similar to Twitter, which it is, although when we scratch the surface, we observe some variances:
- Decentralized
Instant global communication is too important to belong to one company. Each Mastodon server is a completely independent entity, able to interoperate with others to form one global social network.
- Open Source
Mastodon is free and open-source software. We believe in your right to use, copy, study and change Mastodon as you see fit, and we benefit from contributions from the community.
- Not for Sale
We respect your agency. Your feed is curated and created by you. We will never serve ads or push profiles for you to see. That means your data and your time are yours and yours alone.
- Interoperable
