Mastodon: A Beginner’s Guide to the Open Source Twitter Alternative
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- * Mastodon's size: As of summer 2025, Mastodon has under 1 million monthly active users and around 10 million registered users.
- The article presents a neutral and informative overview of Mastodon, acknowledging its smaller size but highlighting its potential appeal for specific users and the availability of tools to...
Okay, here’s a breakdown of the text provided, summarizing the key facts about Mastodon:
Main Points:
* Mastodon’s size: As of summer 2025, Mastodon has under 1 million monthly active users and around 10 million registered users. This is considerably smaller than X (formerly Twitter) with its 132 million daily active users.
* decentralized Nature: mastodon is a decentralized social network, which can be appealing to some but confusing to others.
* Cross-Posting: You can cross-post from X (Twitter) to Mastodon using third-party tools like:
* Moa Party (https://moa.party/)
* Mastodon Twitter Crossposter (https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/ and https://github.com/renatolond/mastodon-twitter-poster)
* Finding Friends: You can find your Twitter friends on Mastodon using tools like:
* fedifinder (https://fedifinder.glitch.me/)
Overall Tone:
The article presents a neutral and informative overview of Mastodon, acknowledging its smaller size but highlighting its potential appeal for specific users and the availability of tools to ease the transition from X. It doesn’t strongly advocate for or against using Mastodon, instead presenting it as one option among several.
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* Source: techcrunch.com
* Credit: @stux@mstdn.social and mastodon.social/@stux
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