@stux @Gargron Really? DDG finds several news articles which discuss #Mastodon a bit https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22mastodon%22+&t=ffab&df=w&iar=news&ia=news like Wired, Time, The Independent, BI, Euronews, CNN:
* https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-users-flock-to-other-platforms-as-the-elon-musk-era-begins/
* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/deleting-twitter-after-elon-musks-takeover-try-these-alternatives/ar-AA13uzMl
* https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/twitter-best-alternatives-as-elon-musk-buys-social-media-site/ar-AA13tmni
* https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/10/28/what-will-twitter-become-after-musks-takeover-new-owner-splits-users-between-despair-and-t
* https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/anxious-twitter-users-find-few-alternatives-to-platform-after-musk-deal-closes/ar-AA13uIjj
* https://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-twitter-facebook-alternatives-funding-rises-vcs-2022-10