Imagine a social network that can’t be bought, sold, or controlled by a billionaire.
A place where communities govern themselves, and your data stays yours. That's Mastodon. Join us in turning that vision into reality.
Donate to power people-first social media: #SupportMastodon
@Mastodon For those on the fence between Mastodon and Bluesky, see this 2024-11 article by @cwebber comparing their two architectures. https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/
My summary: Bluesky is an improvement upon Twitter but not decentralized due to cost: servers need datacenter-level compute and storage to collect and integrate all messages. In contrast, you can run Mastodon in a closet since it's more like email: each server is only obligated to push messages to recipients from those they follow.
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Steven Sandoval