Social network MastodonIt’s so far Listed as one of the safest alternatives to TwitterRegistered 40,000 new users in one day Since Elon Musk bought this other platform for $ 44,000 million.

CEO of this company, Eugene RochkoThrough a post on his blog, he explained that this increase is due to the fact that St. Mastodon presents “a vision of social networks that no billionaire can buy and own”.

Because Mastodon is trying to create a “more robust global platform without incentives and profits,” many users were urged to sign up for the social network within hours of Elon Musk and Tesla owner Twitter announcing their acquisition of Twitter.

Rochko insisted that the company was confident that customers’ online communication skills “should not be left to the whim of one commercial company” and detailed several reasons why it had begun exploring the decentralized space of networks. Social six years ago.

“The creation of Mastodon eventually led me to rumors that Twitter, the platform I was a daily user of at the time, might have been sold to another controversial billionaire,” he said.

He also pointed out that Since its inception, the platform has experienced organic growthWhich made it possible to demonstrate the “scale and resilience” of the platform, although it has only now seen its audience grow by 40,000 new users in one day.

How Mastodon works

Mastodon is a Free open source alternative Who works Independent servers managed by the users themselves Which offers a very similar interface to Twitter.

Unlike this other social network, Mastodon does not have a central websiteInstead, users need to register with the provider that will host their account, just like when registering with Outlook or Gmail, as Rochko explained.

At the moment, There are more than 2400 public servants headed by independent individuals and organizations And a large number of users, who do not know which server to register, choose Mastodon.Social ი mastodon.online.

However, the manager also recommends joining joinmastodon.org or its official apps for iOS and Android, which are available on the App Store and Google Play, respectively.

All social networking servers interact, so Users can track other accounts, regardless of the server they choose. In fact, if they are not satisfied with what they have chosen, they can create another account on another server and convert followers to it.

“Distributing users across different servers is what makes Mastodon more socially and technologically large,” said the director of the service.

Also, this app is powered ActivityPub Network ProtocolWhich other networks like PixelFed, an alternative to Instagram, have already introduced.

Besides, Mastodon expands the character limit to 500 posts -Twitter currently gives 280 characters- and does not support censorship of content or ads by other companies.

Another noticeable difference is that the first official version of the Mastodon app for Android Does not represent algorithmic or local deadlinesThat is, in which the publications of the consumer community are presented.

Finally, Rochko indicated that the company plans to introduce other features in the future, such as encrypted messaging and group creation, along with other upgrades.