THE VERGE - Mammoth, a popular Mastodon client, has introduced Mammoth 2 for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, featuring "Smart Lists" to enhance content curation and personalization. Smart Lists, similar to Twitter lists, allow users to curate groups of people based on topics or interests, providing curated content feeds. These lists cover various subjects, from "Space" and "Nature" to "Indieweb" and "Queertech." Co-founder Bart Decrem aims to combine human curation with AI assistance for more automated curation. The open-source app supports Mastodon and envisions extending its capabilities to explore the entire fediverse beyond Mastodon.
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The New Mammoth App Is a Much Simpler Take on Mastodon
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Mastodon Tackles the Problem of 'Reply Guys' With Its Latest Feature
TECH CRUNCH - Social media platform Mastodon is addressing the issue of "reply guys" - individuals who often overly familiarly reply to women's posts. The new feature, currently on the Android app, issues reminders when users are about to respond to a stranger. It may include context about the stranger's expertise or the post being replied to. The system also warns users when replying to posts over 3 months old, which may no longer be part of an active discussion.
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Mozilla Invests in Decentralized Social Networking as an Alternative to Big Tech Control
TECH CRUNCH - Mozilla is shifting its focus towards the "fediverse," a collection of decentralized social networking applications like Mastodon. Mozilla aims to provide a more user-centric and trust-based alternative to profit-driven, centralized social networks, such as Meta and X. The company is currently testing Mozilla.social, a Mastodon server, which prioritizes user safety and content quality. Mozilla's vision is to give users choice and agency in the social networking space while working with publishers and content creators to deliver high-quality content and constructive conversations.
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Mastodon's Android App Adds Lists for Improved News Following
THE VERGE - Mastodon, a decentralized alternative to X, has introduced lists in its Android app. This feature allows users to create custom lists, categorize follows by topics or interests, and declutter their home feeds. The update also features a redesigned home tab for easier navigation. While lists are now available on Android and the web, there is no specific timeframe for their release on iOS.
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Mastodon Discovers Additional MAUs in Error, Competing With X
TECH CRUNCH - Mastodon, an open-source and decentralized social network, discovered an error in user count reporting, leading to 407,814 more MAUs and 2.34M registered users being accounted for. This adjustment brings Mastodon's MAUs to 1.8M and its total servers to 10K. Mastodon competes with X and other social platforms. While the error has been resolved, it highlights the competitive landscape as users seek alternatives to X, which has made recent controversial changes and faced criticism from publishers.
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Mastodon's Donations Surge 488% in 2022, Reaches 1.8M MAUs Amid Twitter Chaos
TECH CRUNCH - Mastodon, a non-profit organization offering an open-source decentralized social networking platform, experienced a 488% increase in donations, totaling €325.9K (~$341,985) in 2022. The growth in donations followed Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, driving more support via Patreon and Stripe. Mastodon plans to establish a U.S. non-profit branch and enhance user-friendliness, focusing on growth and moderation tools. The platform reported reaching 1.8M MAUs and expanding to 9,686 servers by the end of 2022.
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Meta Adds Ability to Verify Your Threads Profile on Mastodon
TECH CRUNCH - Meta has introduced the ability to verify Threads profiles on Mastodon, supporting the fediverse's decentralized network. Users can establish a relationship between the two accounts by linking them using the "rel=me" attribute. While some users have reported issues with the verification process, this move marks a step toward Meta adopting open standards and the fediverse's principles.
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Mastodon Introduces Merchandise to Support Development
TECH CRUNCH - Open-source social network Mastodon plans to sell merchandise, including t-shirts, mugs, enamel pins, and stickers, to raise funds for its development efforts. The platform has relied on Patreon for funding, but this move aims to diversify its revenue streams. The limited-edition merch featuring the Mastodon mascot is expected to go on sale in the coming weeks.
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Mammoth Adds Algorithmic "For You" Feed to Mastodon Client
TECH CRUNCH - Mammoth, a popular Mastodon client co-founded by a former Twitter app developer, is testing a personalized and algorithmic "For You" feed. The new feature aims to make Mastodon more user-friendly, showcasing curated lists of diverse accounts to improve content discovery for users.
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Critical Vulnerability Can Allow Takeover of Mastodon Servers
SECURITY WEEK - Mastodon, the decentralized social networking platform, has disclosed a critical vulnerability that could enable attackers to take control of servers. The flaw, known as TootRoot, allows the creation of arbitrary files and provides potential root access to Mastodon servers. Another critical vulnerability allows for cross-site scripting attacks. With ~12K Mastodon instances and 8M users, widespread exploitation is a concern.
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Mastodon Refreshes Its App for Android Users
TECH CRUNCH - Open source Twitter alternative Mastodon launches an updated Android app featuring a Material You redesign and revamped features. With an active user base of 1.4M, Mastodon saw a surge in users and activity over the weekend, likely influenced by Twitter's recent issues.
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Radiant: a New iOS App for Mastodon, the Decentralized Social Network
TECH CRUNCH - Indie developer Jake Nelson has launched Radiant, a simple and functional iOS app for Mastodon, a decentralized social network. Radiant offers feature such as content posting options, personalized interface customization, and recommendations based on user interactions. Nelson aims to contribute to Mastodon's growth and the broader decentralized social media ecosystem. The app is free, with premium features available for a monthly fee.
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Mozilla Expands Its Mastodon Investment With Beta Launch of Its Highly-moderated Server
TECH CRUNCH - Mozilla has opened its server or "instance" in Mastodon to private beta testing, after announcing plans last year to create a publicly accessible instance to address technical, experience, and trustworthiness challenges. The company's content moderation approach will not fully permit free speech. Its moderation plan is based on the Mozilla Manifesto, which prioritizes human dignity, inclusion, security, individual expression, and collaboration. The instance is not yet broadly open to the public during this beta test, and interested users must sign up for the waitlist.
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Mastodon Hits ~10M Registered Accounts
IANS - Decentralized social media platform Mastodon has crossed ~10M registered accounts. Mastodon also had jumped from ~300K MAUs to 2.5M, which included journalists, political figures, writers, actors, and organizations, between last Oct and Nov.
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Mastodon Sees Massive Decline in Active Users After Musk Drove 1M People to the App
DIGITAL INFORMATION WORLD - Elon Musk may have succeeded in driving ~1M people to Mastodon but the success seems to have been very short-lived. The number of active users on Mastodon has fallen by nearly 30% ever since it witnessed a peak and right after that, there was a slow-paced decline. During the first week of this month, ~1.8M people were active, and that was down by ~2.5M during the start of Dec 2022.
by Dr Hura Anwar
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