Not to be confused with the US heavy metal band of the same name, Mastodon is an open-source social network that isn't planning to charge anybody $8 a month or ban them from criticising its founder.

Decentralized social network Mastodon has announced plans to transfer its ownership to a new nonprofit entity. Ownership of Mastodon will move away from the control of CEO Eugen Rochko, in contrast to ...

Decentralized social network organization Mastodon said Monday that it is planning to create a new nonprofit organization in Europe and hand over ownership of entities responsible for key Mastodon ...

How one pioneering platform is working to detoxify social media Something is deeply wrong with today's social-media networks ... the platform. Mastodon condemned Gab in an official statement ...

you can add a combined Trending timeline that pulls from all your social networks, browse your Bluesky Discover feed, or scroll through the local timeline of your Mastodon server. You can write ...

In an effort to understand what they’re talking about, I have spent the past few weeks on an open-source, decentralised social network called Mastodon. I’m not alone. When Mr Musk announced ...