Mastodon pilot for research and education

How Does Mastodon Work? - Kev Quirk

I’ve spoken about Mastodon numerous times on this blog. It is the social media platform I use more than any other, but for a new user it can be confusing because it doesn’t work like other social media sites.

Mastodon is for the people

How we're thinking about supporting the communities that rely on Mastodon every day.

FR#158 – What is Mastodon for?

On AI and place, and how Mastodon gives tools to create communities at the instance level, but people experience 'place' at the federation level.

Introduction

Get started with Elk, the nimble Mastodon web client.

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Fosstodon

Fosstodon is an invite only Mastodon instance that is open to those who are interested in technology; particularly free & open source software. If you wish to join, contact us for an invite.

Mastodon - Decentralized social media

Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

Are there any other guides to Mastodon and the Fediverse?

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Connecting the world through thriving online communities

A message from our Executive Director about Mastodon's vision and mission.

The many branches of the Fediverse

As more and more people are asking me about Mastodon I felt a need for a picture to point at, showcasing how the software known as Mastodon fits into the much larger concept of the Fediverse. I made this infographic to help myself and others explain the many different use-

Exit to Community: A Community Primer

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If I ran Mastodon

A community platform for a vibrant, diverse social web.

Mastodon 4.5 for Developers

Mastodon 4.5 contains several technical changes that developers will want to learn about.

Openvibe – Mastodon & Bluesky - Apps on Google Play

Mastodon, Bluesky, Nostr & Threads in one timeline. RSS reader & crossposting.

Private and Public Mastodon

Here’s how to get into a lot of trouble: Suppose you (like me) love the intellectual wealth found in free-form text on the Internet. And (like me) are a reasonably competent programmer. And (like me) have derived value and pleasure searching Twitter. And (like me) you look at this nifty new Fediverse thing and see that it has nice Web APIs so you could build an app to vacuum up all the stories and laments and cheers and dunks and love letters and index ’em and let everyone search ’em and find wonderful things! So you lurch into the Mastodon conversation, all excited, and blurt out “Hey folks, I’m gonna index all this stuff and let the world in!” That’s when you get your face torn off.