Updates from the Mastodon team
Twitter suspends Mastodon account, prevents sharing links
On Dec 16, Twitter suspended our @joinmastodon account after we shared a link to the newly registered Mastodon account of @ElonJet, an account that broadcasts public flight path data of Elon Musk’s private jet, which was previously suspended from Twitter itself. At the same time, accounts of multiple journalists from major publications such as CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, as well as various independent journalists, were likewise suspended for either linking to the account itself or talking about the event. We also started receiving reports that users were unable to tweet links to any Mastodon servers, including ones completely unrelated to the @ElonJet account, encountering an error message claiming that the links were identified as “potentially harmful”, among them George Takei, making it more difficult for people to share their Mastodon profiles.
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
New website launch
We teamed up with the design agency Oak to give our project a modern and professional presence--and we have succeeded!
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Mastodon branding updates
We are teaming up with the design agency Oak to update our homepage and our brand. Goodbye social media blue, hello vibrant purple!
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Twitter buyout puts Mastodon into spotlight
The news of Elon Musk buying Twitter has put Mastodon into the public spotlight as an alternative social network, rapidly exploding our growth with over 30,000 new users in just a single day. This is because at Mastodon, we present a vision of social media that cannot be bought and owned by any billionaire, and strive to create a more resilient global platform without profit incentives. We believe that your ability to communicate online should not be at the whims of a single commercial company.
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Official apps now available for iOS and Android
Mastodon is now available on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Read about some of the design decisions we made for these apps!
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Mastodon 3.5
A brand new explore page, post editing, and new moderation features are just some of the additions in this new release of Mastodon!
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Official Mastodon for Android app is coming soon
We are developing an official Android app which will be free and focused on helping new users get started on the fediverse
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Mastodon Recap 2021
Most popular content of the fediverse from 2021 and some numbers
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder
Trump's new social media platform found using Mastodon code
From media reports and individual findings that various people have presented to us, it seems that the new social media platform owned by the former president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, so-called Truth Social, is using Mastodon’s source code with various visual adjustments. The platform has not formally launched yet, but it was made accessible ahead of time. Users were quick to note that the terms of service included a worrying passage, claiming that the site is proprietary property and all source code and software are owned or controlled by them or licensed to them:
Eugen Rochko
CEO / Founder