Social networking that's not for sale.

Your home feed should be filled with what matters to you most, not what a corporation thinks you should see. Radically different social media, back in the hands of the people.

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Stay in control of your own timeline

Decentralized social media is created and maintained by its users, making you the owner of your feed. You can be as public or as private as you like and curate your own experience.

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Build your audience

Joining a server on Mastodon provides you with the power to communicate with any server across the globe. Meet like-minded people and make your corner of the internet a little more like you. Need more from Mastodon? Host your own server.

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Moderating the way it should be

Mastodon puts decision making back in the hands of the people. Each server creates their own rules and regulations, which are enforced locally and not top-down like corporate social media. Self-hosting grants even more control by letting you decide the rules.

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Why Mastodon?

Decentralized

Not controlled by a single website or company, Mastodon is a network of completely independent service providers forming a global, cohesive social media platform.

Open Source

Mastodon is free and open-source software. We believe in your right to use, copy, study and change Mastodon as you see fit. Community collaboration helps us continually evolve Mastodon.

Not for Sale

No surprises. Your feed is curated and created by you. We will never serve ads or push profiles for you to see. That means your data is yours and yours alone

Privacy-Minded

You’re in control. Publish only what you choose and rest assured that your personal information is safe. Mastodon is not a platform for ads and respects your privacy.

What our users are saying

guedes

guedes@mastodon.social

I'm personally addicted to Mastodon, for me it's like if Facebook or Twitter had a friendly version— where I can discuss things with people around the world about every single thing they love. If there's a subreddit for everything, of course there's also a Mastodon community for everything: I've got one profile for sharing art, another one for casual conversation and another one for politics.

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dansup

dansup@mastodon.social

Mastodon has changed my opinion of social media, it's a refreshing take on microblogging with a focus on privacy and safety.

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Craig Maloney

craigmaloney@octodon.social

I've been on federated platforms since 2008. Mastodon is the best iteration of federated platforms with a user interface that is pleasant to use and a community of folks that I consider friends.

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