DECRYPTION – Founded in 2016, this social network has garnered an influx of users since Elon Musk’s operation.
Contrary to the lightness of a blue bird, Mastodon has chosen a mammoth in an airplane as its symbol. This social network for discussions and sharing was created in 2016 at the instigation of Eugen Rochko, a German software developer. From the start, the young man had one idea in mind: “Escape the condescending control of Twitter”as he explained in an interview with Time. The takeover of the social network by billionaire Elon Musk gave a small boost to its ambition, putting Mastodon back in the spotlight. “Mastodon got over 70,000 signups yesterday alone. Let’s continue our momentum! »the platform said in a tweet on October 30.
Since October 27, Mastodon has garnered more than 400,000 new accounts, adding to the four million accumulated since its creation. The platform now has just over a million monthly active users. Still very far, all the same, from 250 million…
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