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Mastodon, remember that service? It gained a lot of attention during the first mass exodus from Twitter (now X), shortly after Elon Musk bought the platform for $44 billion. Mastodon was so popular at the time that it even caught the attention of Musk, who mocked it and called it "Masterbatedone" in a now-deleted tweet. He went as far as suspending accounts that posted links to competing platforms like Mastodon.
However, after the initial rush, the hype around Mastodon faded, with other platforms like Bluesky gaining more attention from Twitter refugees. Despite that, Mastodon remains the most popular way to interact with the fediverse, and even Meta's Threads has integrated fediverse support. For those who aren’t familiar with it, the fediverse is a network of interconnected, decentralized social media platforms that communicate using open protocols.
In a recent announcement titled "The people should own the town square," likely a jab at Elon Musk, who has referred to X as the "public town square," Mastodon revealed that it is transferring ownership of key platform components, such as the name, copyrights, and other assets, to a new non-profit organization.

Mastodon is shifting control to a new nonprofit organization
Mastodon has announced that "no one should own the public town square" as it hands control over to a new nonprofit.
