Mastodon
A decentralized, open-source social network built on the ActivityPub protocol.
ProductHosting & SaaSdecentralizedsocial-networkfediverseactivitypubself-hostedsocial-mediafederatedopen-source
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Online censorship is crushing indie webcomicsxtramagazine.com ·
Suggested as a home for webcomics with less censorship risk, though others pointed to defederation of NSFW instances.
Meta Ignores Brazilian Court Order to End Bolsonaro Favoritismpanamericandispatch.org ·
Floated as a basis for European sovereign, federated social media.
Shitter – A Nitter Forkcodeberg.org ·
Suggested as an X replacement where each instance sets its own rules.
The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn't Rent Your Megaphone from Zucktechdirt.com ·
Suggested as a truly open, distributed alternative to Meta and X walled gardens.
Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per monthmastodon.gamedev.place ·
Cited as cheap and easy to self-host compared to a full ATProto stack.
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