As Mastodon's creator Eugen Rochko noted, "One of the things that gave impetus to the creation of Mastodon was a lack of moderation on Twitter against hate groups.

One of the main differences between Mastodon and Twitter is that Mastodon has a much longer character limit for posts. “On Twitter, you’re limited to 140 characters, but on Mastodon, you can ...

Days after Elon Musk-owned X updated its terms to explicitly prohibit AI model training, decentralized social network Mastodon updated its own rules to bar any kind of model training, as well.

On Mastodon: This part is a bit more complicated, but once you understand how it works, it will be no big deal. Choose a server you want to be a part of, agree with the ground rules, ...

Open source Twitter alternative Mastodon has gained a bit of attention in the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition. Now, it’s gaining interest from third-party Twitter app developers, as well.

A team of SUNY Orange students unearthed remains of a mastodon vertebrae at the same site where a jaw was found in 2024.

In Mastodon's case, one must remember that the party host (the person running the server) is able to see everything at the party. People often confused Facebook "wall posts" for private conversations ...