The little-known social network's user base has swelled after Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.
The platform is six years old but its current activity is unprecedented and it is struggling under the weight of new joiners.The first thing you have to do when you sign up is choose a server. There are loads of them, They are themed - many by country, city or interest - like UK, social, technology, gaming and so on.
Some of the popular ones - such as social and UK - are currently running very slowly because of demand. If you are on the same server, you can search just using the person's name, but if they are on a different server you will need their full address.You can also search hashtags.Mastodon is not one platform. It's not one "thing" and it is not owned by one person or firm. All of these different servers link together, and form a collective network, but they are owned by different people and organisations.
The original founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, is working on a new network called BlueSky, by the way - and he has said he wants that to be decentralised too.This is a real hot potato. At the moment all the servers have their own moderation rules, and some have none. Some servers are choosing not to link to others that are full of bots or seem to have a high quantity of hateful content - this means they will not be visible to those on the servers where they are blocked.
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