Is it time to leave Twitter for Mastodon, an open-source social network?

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Like most Twitter users, I have no plans to flounce off the platform if Elon Musk’s US$44 billion deal is successful. But it seems like a good idea to prepare for change.

Mr Musk thinks Twitter should open source its algorithms. Co‑founder Jack Dorsey, who calls Mr Musk the singular solution to Twitter’s problems, believes in decentralising social media altogether.

Mastodon, or “Twitter without the Nazis” as Vice magazine put it, was founded in 2016 by a German developer named Eugen Rochko.Like Twitter, you can make a profile, post messages and follow other users. But there is no one company running the show, collecting data or selling advertising. The timeline shows a stream of memes, posts about cats and commentary on news stories, although I missed seeing the names I follow on other social media.

In an interview last year, Mastodon developer Rochko described it as a return to what the internet used to be, when bulletin boards were popular.Complexity can sometimes be a selling point. Snapchat gained kudos with young users because adults found it confusing.

 

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Why? Can't handle a debate? The Leftist-Libs must remain so divisive if they cannot control or censor people. That's the problem with America today.

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