Twitter Users Are Shifting To Mastodon!

Everyone is not happy with Elon Musk taking over Twitter. Some users have also quit the platform. And among them is supermodel Gigi Hadid who called the platform a “cesspool of hate and bigotry.”

Well, Twitter’s loss has to be someone’s gain. And that someone may be German software developer Eugen Rochko who runs the open-source micro-blogging platform Mastodon.

Change in management, employee lay-offs followed by calling them back, $8 for blue tick, and what seems like Elon Musk’s volatile nature. Above are some reasons that Twitterati is jumping ship to Mastodon, announced crossing one million users in the past few weeks.

Below are a few things you need to know about Mastodon:

What is Mastodon, and how different is it from Twitter?

Mastodon is more than just signing up on a social media platform. It gives users access to the app’s code and lets them create their servers, and communities.

It is a decentralized platform and not operated by a single company from a single headquarters like Twitter. One can create a server for specific regions or hobbies, and people can join in and drop out.

Also, people can migrate to other servers by making changes in the setting section, and all their data gets transferred.

How to use it?

To begin with, go to the edit button and start typing your post. Mastodon has a limit of 5,000 characters per post.

Here, tweets are called toots. A retweet is reblogged, and a like is favourite. As of now, there are no ads on the platform. Although it is free to use, some platforms ask for donations.