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About Mastodon
Mastodon is social network software based on ActivityPub where each server is independently operated but can follow and reply to users on any other, and timelines are chronological rather than ranked. You can join an existing server or run your own.
Strengths
- Chronological timelines with no engagement ranking
- Federated, so moving servers does not mean losing your network
Limitations
- Your experience depends heavily on which server you join
- Running a server has real moderation and maintenance cost
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under the AGPL. Hosting is separate.
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Developer
- Mastodon gGmbH
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted, Web application
- Best suited for
- Federated microblogging server with no algorithmic feed
- Categories
- Social networks
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Privacy); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 3 sources on file.