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A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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"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."

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Nice article. I finally bit and signed up for an account, even though I don't have an active Twitter account.