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The Latest Breaking News from Mastodon

If you're tired of the Twitter shenanigans, you're not alone. While there aren't many options, Mastodon is probably the closest alternative to a social media platform that rivals Twitter.

Android Central

TechScape: How Substack, YouTube, Jack Dorsey and more plan to pick Twitter’s bones

Six months after Elon Musk took over the social network, traffic is dropping – can the spinoffs and copycats take advantage?

The Guardian - UK

Thousands fled to Mastodon after Musk bought Twitter. Are they still ‘tooting’?

The decentralized social network has seen user numbers drop in recent months, but tech-savvy users remain passionate

The Guardian - US

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Elon Musk hates journalists but journalists love Twitter. Where does that leave us?

The billionaire’s hamfisted handling of his new toy won’t much matter as long as politicians and media types remain bewitched

The Guardian - UK

5 things you never knew you could do with Drafts on Mac, iPad and iPhone

While Drafts may look like a tool to compose your personal projects, it's a powerful app that can do so much more.

iMore

Musk's feud with the media takes a toll on Twitter

Twitter's "free speech"-touting owner is using the service to fight his own battles with the press.

Axios

The tragic story behind Mastodon's Emperor Of Sand

Mastodon's 2017 album, Emperor Of Sand, continued the prog theme of Crack The Skye. But behind the heaviness, lay a family tragedy

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Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication

Magazine’s editors asked board not to lay off anyone for a month if staff raised $200,000 after Friday’s vote to cease publication

The Guardian - US

iOS 16.4 launch coming soon — here’s the new features for your iPhone

Apple is readying its next iOS update and iPhone users can expect plenty of improvements

Tom’s Guide

Splitting up social media may be its only hope

By now it should be evident that Twitter Inc. is a shadow of its former self. What’s not clear is which alternatives might replace it, or how the market will look a few years from now. This chaos offers an opportunity to rethink the entire structure of the social media…

Tribune News Service

Mastodon looked like the new Twitter last year. Today, downloads have dried up

Despite vows to leave Twitter, people don’t seem to be transitioning to other platforms.

Fortune

Review: Mastodon Decentralizes Social Media

Elon Musk’s shambolic takeover may not have been great for Twitter, but it was fantastic for Mastodon.

Reason

Some popular accounts likely to disappear from Twitter as Elon Musk ends free access to API

Move to pay-for-access application program interface continues platform owner’s push for revenue

The Guardian - AU

Elon Musk ‘doesn’t seem like’ right person to own Twitter, says co-founder

Biz Stone, one of quartet who set up company, says positive changes he oversaw have been undone by Tesla chief executive

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Back to the future: how Mastodon is restoring the lost art of online conversation

The new social network with its interconnected ‘fediverse’ is a welcome alternative to blustering rival Twitter and Elon Musk

Reason

House Republicans To Probe White House Pressure on Social Media Companies

Plus: House votes to rescind IRS funding, the FDA is putting unnecessary strings on pharmacies filling abortion pill prescriptions, and more...

The Guardian - AU

Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon – but many aren’t sticking around

More than 130,000 people were joining the new independent social media network a day in November. So why hasn’t it taken off?

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: Science Twitter needs a new home

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The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Elon Musk’s poll own goal proves he can’t get out of his own way

In this week’s newsletter: Musk has a talent for trying to wiggle out of trouble on Twitter, only to land deeper in it – this time by asking users if he should quit as chief executive

Manchester Evening News

Mastodon, Truth Social and Nostr - what are the apps that Elon Musk banned from Twitter?

Twitter has announced a new policy preventing sharing links to apps Mastodon, Truth Social and Nostr

The Street

Twitter Reverses Ban to Accounts That Boost Competitors

Twitter launches a poll asking whether new or existing accounts can advertise other social media platforms.

Reason

Biden Is Set To Sign $858 Billion Pentagon Budget—One of the Biggest Ever

Plus: North Carolina strikes down voter ID law, more turmoil at Twitter, and more...

WEKU

Musk asks in poll if he should step down as Twitter CEO; users vote yes

There was no immediate announcement from Twitter, or Musk, about whether that would happen, though he said that he would abide by the results.

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk’s Twitter poll: 10 million say he should step down

Billionaire chief executive of Tesla insists there is no successor in the wings at social media platform

Daily Mirror

Elon Musk set to QUIT Twitter job after 17million users vote in resignation poll

Tesla billionaire Elon Musk launched a 12-hour poll on Sunday night asking social media users if he should step down as head of Twitter amid a number of controversial changes

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