Mastodon
Social networking that's not for sale.
Mastodon is a free, open-source, decentralized social media platform built on the ActivityPub protocol, allowing users across independently operated servers to communicate and follow one another. It offers chronological timelines, no ads or algorithms, and community-driven moderation. Users can join an existing server or self-host their own instance while remaining connected to the broader federated network.
Mastodon runs as a federated network of independently hosted servers that communicate via the ActivityPub open protocol, letting users on any server follow and interact with users on any other server.
General internet users seeking privacy-respecting, algorithm-free social media
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
- Company
- Mastodon gGmbH
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