A storm of references to Mastodon – an open-source social networking service took over on Twitter India in the first week of November after senior Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Hegde’ account on the microblogging site got suspended.
Mr Hegde after he was informed that his account will not be restored, in interviews to media outlets said that he is thinking of joining nother social media platforms like Mastadon. This began a trend of people joining Mastodon in solidarity with Mr Hegde.
Let us dive into what actually is Mastodon and how can one create an account on the social networking site.
Mastodon is a free and open-source social networking service. Which allows users to host their own server node in the network, and its various separately operated user bases are federated across many different servers. These servers are connected as a federated social network, allowing users from different servers to interact with each other.
“Mastodon isn’t just a website, it is a federation – think Star Trek. Thousands of independent communities running Mastodon form a coherent network, where while every planet is different, being part of one is being part of the whole,” the homepage of the website reads.
According to the product’s website, ” Mastodon comes with effective anti-abuse tools to help protect yourself.”
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