Social media sucks. Mastodon tries to do something about it.

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If you want to learn more about Mastodon and the Fediverse in general, I recommend going to https://fedi.tips. If you're looking for a community to join, either try https://dftba.club, or search for a community that fits you in https://fedi.directory.

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The Site That Commits Treason & Tells You What Your Parents Are Doing by Dropout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4H6Y4KeVoI
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Facebook content management controversies from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_content_management_controversies
Mastodon.online public feed https://mastodon.online/public/local
What is Mastodon by Mastodon, CC BY https://fedi.video/w/cbQE3NRw76FayQCSdb14TU
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The many branches of the Fediverse by Per Axbom, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_branches_1.2.png
Mastodon Account Migration settings page
Pergament 2 by Membeth, CC0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pergament.2.jpg
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Mastodon source code repository on GitHub https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon
Engage a Wider Audience With ActivityPub on WordPress.com by Matthias Pfefferle on Wordpress.com https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/10/11/activitypub/
The Future of Flipboard Is Federated by Mike McCue on Inside Flipboard https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboard-mastodon-federated/
Tumblr to add support for ActivityPub, the social protocol powering Mastodon and other apps by Sarah Perez on TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/tumblr-to-add-support-for-activitypub-the-social-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps/
We need to rethink social media before it's too late. We've accepted a Faustian bargain by Jeff Orlowski on The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/27/social-dilemma-media-facebook-twitter-society
Mastodon Rules: Characterizing Formal Rules on Popular Mastodon Instances by Matthew N. Nicholson, Brian C Keegan and Casey Fiesler, on CSCW '23 Companion https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3584931.3606970
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