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Threads To Mastodon: Five Apps Competing To Dethrone Twitter
Since Elon Musk took over Twitter eight months ago, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, though the habit has proved hard to break.
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Twitter Alternative Mastodon Sees Surge in Activity After Elon Musk Imposes Tweet Read Limits
Turmoil at Twitter following new limits to the amount of posts users can see appears to be driving a surge in activity at Mastodon, a German rival that prides itself on its decentralised, user-driven structure.
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Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Emerges as Another Twitter-Like Service, Gaining Traction Among Power Users
Jack Dorsey is taking another whack at a Twitter-like service with a new social media platform called Bluesky. The service is gaining traction among Twitter power users, attracting prominent personalities including US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Meta Exploring Decentralised Social Networking App With ActivityPub Support Like Mastodon
Meta is working on a standalone decentralised social network for text updates, similar to the centralised Twitter. The service could be a competitor to the popular microblogging service and will offer support for ActivityPub, a protocol used by Twitter-rival Mastodon and other federated apps.
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Apple Releases iOS 16.4 Beta 1 for Developers: Here's All That's New
Apple has announced that it has started rolling out the first iOS 16.4 beta for developers. This update brings support for Unicode 15.0 Emoji, standalone 5G, along with new features and fixes. The Cupertino company has also improved support for third-party browsers with this beta update. Such apps are purportedly now capable of allowing users to ad...
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User Surge On Mastodon Amid Twitter Row: "Fediverse" And "Toot" Explained
The over half-dozen journalists whose Twitter accounts have been banned had been writing about the company and Mr Musk. Many of the journalists have joined Mastodon and got thousands of followers in a few hours.
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Journalists New Alternative To Twitter Is Journa.host On Mastodon
As users search for an alternative to Twitter, Mastodon, an open-source microblogging platform, has witnessed significant growth in its user base.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Loses Thousands Of Users To Rival Mastodon
Mastodon, an open-source social network that markets itself as an alternative to Twitter, has seen a surge in new sign-ups in recent days, overwhelming the site and its founder as the tiny operation struggles to keep up.
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Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know
Mastodon is a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany that has seen a flood of new users, as Twitter is in disarray following Elon Musk's takeover last week. While Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority, a company, Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who...
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The New Technology That Aspires To #deletefacebook For Good
It's been a terrible week for Facebook, with policymakers and users alike demanding answers from the social network over its Cambridge Analytica fiasco, in which the data analysis firm improperly accessed the personal information of about 50 million Facebook users.
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Threads To Mastodon: Five Apps Competing To Dethrone Twitter
Since Elon Musk took over Twitter eight months ago, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, though the habit has proved hard to break.
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Twitter Alternative Mastodon Sees Surge in Activity After Elon Musk Imposes Tweet Read Limits
Turmoil at Twitter following new limits to the amount of posts users can see appears to be driving a surge in activity at Mastodon, a German rival that prides itself on its decentralised, user-driven structure.
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Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Emerges as Another Twitter-Like Service, Gaining Traction Among Power Users
Jack Dorsey is taking another whack at a Twitter-like service with a new social media platform called Bluesky. The service is gaining traction among Twitter power users, attracting prominent personalities including US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Meta Exploring Decentralised Social Networking App With ActivityPub Support Like Mastodon
Meta is working on a standalone decentralised social network for text updates, similar to the centralised Twitter. The service could be a competitor to the popular microblogging service and will offer support for ActivityPub, a protocol used by Twitter-rival Mastodon and other federated apps.
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Apple Releases iOS 16.4 Beta 1 for Developers: Here's All That's New
Apple has announced that it has started rolling out the first iOS 16.4 beta for developers. This update brings support for Unicode 15.0 Emoji, standalone 5G, along with new features and fixes. The Cupertino company has also improved support for third-party browsers with this beta update. Such apps are purportedly now capable of allowing users to ad...
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User Surge On Mastodon Amid Twitter Row: "Fediverse" And "Toot" Explained
The over half-dozen journalists whose Twitter accounts have been banned had been writing about the company and Mr Musk. Many of the journalists have joined Mastodon and got thousands of followers in a few hours.
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Journalists New Alternative To Twitter Is Journa.host On Mastodon
As users search for an alternative to Twitter, Mastodon, an open-source microblogging platform, has witnessed significant growth in its user base.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Loses Thousands Of Users To Rival Mastodon
Mastodon, an open-source social network that markets itself as an alternative to Twitter, has seen a surge in new sign-ups in recent days, overwhelming the site and its founder as the tiny operation struggles to keep up.
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Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know
Mastodon is a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany that has seen a flood of new users, as Twitter is in disarray following Elon Musk's takeover last week. While Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority, a company, Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who...
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The New Technology That Aspires To #deletefacebook For Good
It's been a terrible week for Facebook, with policymakers and users alike demanding answers from the social network over its Cambridge Analytica fiasco, in which the data analysis firm improperly accessed the personal information of about 50 million Facebook users.
