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Rewind: Can Mastodon seize the moment from Twitter?

Decoder with Nilay Patel

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How Mastodon Works

Mastodon is a decentralized social network. It allows users to send messages back and forth across servers. In November, there was a huge spike in the number of monthly active users but it's since gone down. The company has been working on onboarding improvements for iOS and Android apps that include better explanation of decentralization.

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