"Mastodon was founded in 2016 by German software developer Eugen Rochko. Unlike Twitter, Facebook, Reddit or any other popular social media site, Mastodon is a nonprofit, meaning that, ideally, its goal is to benefit the public, rather than shareholders."
A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/what-is-mastodon/
5 Comments
unwinagainstable@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y
I’ve gotta get in on this
basskitten@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
i've really been enjoying it. feels like it has more users and content than lemmy right now, but elon had a head start on spez :)
sab@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
It's hard to count and sources disagree slightly, but your intuition is right: Lemmy has some way to go before it reaches eight million users. Some people have multiple accounts and many are inactive, but it's still a solid number.
More than 400 000 Lemmy users is not shabby either though. Along with them comes 60 000 on kbin, which is where I'm tuning in from.
Pofski@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
nunya@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Nice article. I finally bit and signed up for an account, even though I don't have an active Twitter account.