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 People ask what is so great about Mastodon? The answer is very simple. Mastodon is not owned by anybody. No billionaire is going to use this network to control public opinion or otherwise force their will down your throat. Mastodon is just the sum of everyone that uses the network, plus a host of others from all across other ActivityPub applications called the Fediverse. Mastodon is truly people powered. Welcome to the post billionaire Open Social Media future. 10 comments
 I love it here. I connect with people all over the world here, finding all we have in common, and learning new things everyday. No advertising, no corporate bullshit or manipulation. It is exactly what you and your fellow fediverse citizens make of it.  @mastodonmigration @cadusilva @tchambers and even in some unlikely universe where Eugen sold Mastodon… we would just fork and move on! @leadegroot @mastodonmigration @tchambers and there are also other platforms out there, like Akkoma, Misskey forks, GoToSocial, and everything someone could develop anew with ActivityPub support :blobcatjustright: @mastodonmigration @cadusilva That being said, if you have the means to do so, consider donating to Mastodon so that it can continue to operate in this way. You can donate to the fediverse (it's tax deductible for US citizens), or directly to your own instance. By donating a little bit of money ourselves, we keep the wolf at the door, not in the house. https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors @nottrobin @mastodonmigration @cadusilva thank you finally someone said!  The Fediverse, of which Mastodon is a part, is driven by independent server owners and users, connecting and sharing messages globally. Unlike centralized platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Threads, these decentralized networks can’t be controlled or seized by any single corporate owner. While the user interface resembles Twitter, decentralization means some features, like full-text search and hashtag following, are still evolving … due to the complexity of distributing —or ‘federating’— data across multiple servers. But as more users join the Fediverse, these features are improving rapidly. |
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@mastodonmigration it remembers me of Ello, all what it promised, all that wasn't delivered.
The fediverse is something else, made of people and not of billionaires and venture capital.