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More than two million users have flocked to Mastodon since Elon Musk took over Twitter

by December 19, 2022 · Automatic

An Mastodon illustration of a group of mastodons welcoming a solo traveler.
A lot of people are checking it out. | Image: Mastodon

Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform that many are turning to as a Twitter alternative, saw its userbase skyrocket from about 300,000 monthly active users to 2.5 million between October and November, Mastodon’s CEO, founder, and lead developer Eugen Rochko said in a new blog post. Elon Musk officially took over Twitter in late October, meaning Mastodon’s huge jump in users almost directly followed Musk’s new ownership.

Rochko’s post also addressed Twitter’s now-reversed bans on sharing links to Mastodon, many journalists, and the @joinmastodon account itself following the still-in-place ban on @ElonJet. “This is a stark reminder that centralized platforms can impose arbitrary and unfair limits on what you can and can’t say…

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Author: Jay Peters. [Source Link (*), The Verge – All Posts]

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