How I found a new home online at Mastodon, after giving up on Twitter


2KEHETN The Twitter and Mastodon app logos are seen in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 12 November, 2022. Mastodon is a decentralized, open-sourc

IT HAS been practically six months since Twitter’s transformation from iconic social media platform into the eccentric private mission of tech billionaire Elon Musk. I deserted my account final November, save for work bulletins – I didn’t wish to stick round and watch the place disintegrate. Nonetheless, I craved a digital hangout the place I may join with pals and colleagues, check out my half-baked concepts and have a look at cute footage of capybaras.

I attempted out a number of platforms, from newcomers like Publish to the well-established TikTok, and nothing felt proper. How have you learnt when you could have discovered an internet …