The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (if we don’t screw it up)

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on security and privacy on Mastodon, and more are on the way.

Something remarkable is happening. For the past two weeks, people have been leaving Twitter. Many others are reducing their reliance on it. Great numbers of ex-Twitter users and employees are making a new home in the “fediverse,” fleeing the chaos of Elon Musk’s takeover. This exodus includes prominent figures from …

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