because it means anybody can set up their own Mastodon "instance" – their own server. For example there's Mastodon.social, one of the most popular instances; there's Mastodon.scot, for people in ...

He named it Mastodon and in the past few days it has taken off. What he's created is a viable alternative to Twitter -- if you're OK with toots, instances, federations and meaningless verification ...

However, anyone from any Mastodon instance can follow us thanks to Mastodon’s decentralized structure. To follow us from the Mastodon server you’re on, simply open one of our profile pages and click ...

Instead of signing up for Mastodon, you make an account on one of a large number of instances — independent networks with unique URLs — like mastodon.social, animalliberation.social ...

The next time someone sends you a link to a post or profile on iMessage, click the ‘Open in Ivory’ extension in Safari and you won’t have to use my shortcut or a bookmarklet to be redirected to that ...

The more technically minded can even set up their own server, as many groups, individuals and latterly companies have done - there are currently around 10,000 active Mastodon instances.

A new security fund aims to help apps in the fediverse — like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed — to pay researchers for disclosing security bugs.

A group of Tesla workers in New York has sent company chief Elon Musk a letter stating their intention to unionize, according to Bloomberg. If you've been using Twitter's "For You" instead of the ...

Note that Mastodon gives users the option to disable the RSS feed, and that some instances disable RSS altogether. In my experience, though, most public profiles have the feature enabled.