Before Musk's Twitter deal closed, the Fediverse -- which includes Mastodon and a range of other social apps -- had north of 570,000 monthly users. Today, the network has around 2.57 million.

Many Twitter users are leaving the social media site to join Mastodon after Elon Musk's takeover. Here's what you need to know about the social media network that gained 230,000 new users in a week ...

f you’ve been on Twitter this week, you have no doubt seen people change their handles to something that resembles a mistyped email address and then announce they have set up an account on Mastodon – ...

image: Research led by the University of Cincinnati's Brooke Crowley, posing with this mammoth mandible, has uncovered some interesting ideas about mammoth and mastodon behavior. view more ...

Mastodon, named for the extinct animal and not the metal band despite Rochko being a fan of the band and progressive metal, was announced on Hacker News in October. "I decided to give this a go ...