mastodon

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter co-founder's new social network launched to all users

    Twitter co-founder's new social network launched to all users Bluesky, the decentralised social network that was hatched by former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, is expanding its app to all interested users, abandoning an invite-only system that the service used to help regulate...
  3. Jan

    Twitter will remove accounts that link to other social media

    Twitter bans promoting Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon while Elon Musk attends FIFA World Cup final Twitter said it would remove accounts "created solely" to promote other social media platforms. The company "will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Jan

    Jack Dorsey pledges $1 million per year for Signal - and "open Internet development" grants

    Twitter co-founder pledges $1 million every year to Signal chat app Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey says he will give open source chat app Signal $1 million per year as one of several grants to accelerate open Internet and protocol work. The co-founder and former CEO of Twitter...
  5. Jan

    Self-hosted Mastodon hands-on tested

    Hands-on with "Twitter killer" Mastodon — including hosting South African servers In the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, millions of users have flocked to alternatives. Open source and decentralised microblogging platform Mastodon was probably the biggest winner, but not the only one.
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Jan

    Twitter users flock to buzz over Hive

    Hive sign-ups surge after Musk's Twitter takeover — reaches one million users Hive recorded a massive surge in sign-ups following Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, with the microblogging alternative reaching one million users, TechCrunch reports. The app is not a direct clone of Twitter, is...
  7. Jan

    Mastodon instances in South Africa

    Been messing around with Mastodon for a possible article. Does anyone know of any instances hosted in South Africa? The only instance listed on https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list is not open for registrations. I expect we all run our nodes behind Cloudflare, so they don't get picked up...
  8. Jan

    Elon Musk controversies cause thousands of Twitter's millions of users to check out Mastodon

    Twitter users flock to Mastodon after Elon Musk takeover Social media platform Mastodon has seen immense user growth since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, with the network saying it gained around 230,000 users in the last week, BBC News reports. The jump brought its subscriber count to...
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