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Mastodon's founder says the decentralized social network gained nearly 300,000 active users over the July 4 weekend after Twitter limited the number of tweets people could see per day.

BERLIN - With Twitter in disarray since the world's richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users. "The bird is free," tweeted Tesla mogul Elon Musk when he completed his $44 billion (S$62 billion) acquisition of Twitter. But many free-speech advocates reacted with dismay to...

Thinking of leaving Twitter? Here’s what you need to know about Mastodon, “toots” and “boosts”.

Mastodon calls itself a federated social network. Instead of signing up for an account on a website, users choose to join “servers.”

Mastodon was born of a desire to create a public sphere beyond a single entity’s control

With Twitter in disarray since the world's richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralized, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users.

With Twitter in disarray since the world's richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users. "The bird is free," tweeted Tesla mogul Elon Musk when he completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. But while Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority - a company - Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who join...

With Twitter in disarray since the world's richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users.

Mastodon, while tiny compared to Twitter and Facebook, is rapidly adding new users since Elon Musk took over Twitter.

With Twitter in disarray since the world's richest person took control of it last week, Mastodon, a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany, has seen a flood of new users. "The bird is free," tweeted Tesla mogul Elon Musk when he completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. But while Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority - a company - Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who join...