techdirt | Why Would Anyone Use Another Centralized Social Media Service After This? |
Wired | Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point |
Guardian | Firefox and Tumblr join rush to support Mastodon social network |
The Verge | Where to find Verge staff on Mastodon |
Mozilla Blog | Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative |
CNN | As Twitter backlash grows, rival Mastodon reaches 2.5 million monthly users |
techdirt | I Speak Fluent ‘New Social Media CEO Who’s In Over Their Head’ |
Business Insider | Elon’s stale playbook |
Techmeme | Top News |
Wired | Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t) |
SF Chronical | Elon Musk polls Twitter users on whether he should step down, hours after another controversial policy change |
The Hollywood Reporter | Twitter Bans Linking to Mastodon, Facebook, Truth Social and Other Competitors |
IGN | Twitter Will Now Suspend or Remove Accounts Promoting Links to Some Social Media Platforms |
USA Today/AP | Twitter bans users from promoting rival social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon |
New York Times | Twitter to Ban Accounts That Promote Rival Social Media |
Reuters | Twitter prohibits users from promoting accounts on Facebook, Mastodon |
TechCrunch | Twitter bans posting of handles and links to Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and more |
The Verge | Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors |
The Hill | How Musk may reinvent the internet without even trying |
MacStories | MacStories Is on Mastodon with Its Own Server |
Daily Beast | Elon Musk Boots WaPo’s Taylor Lorenz From Twitter |
WSJ | How to Use Mastodon, the Social-Media Platform Blocked by Elon Musk’s Twitter |
PC | Elon’s Mastodon Vendetta Makes Us All Less Safe |
Forbes | Elon Musk Bans Journalists On Twitter As More Flee To Mastodon: Here’s Who To Follow |
Washington Post | A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon |
The Guardian | Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns |
MSNBC | McNamee: Musk Twitter suspensions a ‘direct attack’ on journalism & democracy |
CNET | What Is Mastodon, the Alternative Social Network Now Blocked by Twitter? |
The Intercept | Elon Musk Is Taking Aim at Journalists. I’m One of Them. |
BBC | Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links |
Forbes | Twitter Suspends Accounts For Rival Mastodon And Several High-Profile Journalists |
Business Insider | Musk’s Twitter is blocking links to its competitor Mastodon |
Bloomberg.com | Twitter Suspends Accounts of Mastodon, Journalists Covering Musk |
TechCrunch | Twitter suspends Mastodon’s account and bans links to Mastodon servers |
CNET | Twitter Suspends Account Encouraging People to Join Mastodon |
The Hill | Twitter suspends Mastodon’s official account |
CNN | Elon Musk’s Twitter bans CNN, NYT, WaPo journalists without explanation |
The Verge | Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon |
Thoughtworks Podcast | Welcome to the fediverse: Exploring Mastodon, ActivityPub and beyond |
CYBERSCOOP | Fleeing Twitter users face uncertain privacy, security features on alternative platforms |
The Desk | LGBT server on Mastodon blocks group for journalists |
The Popehat Report | Goodbye, Twitter Everything Ends, And That’s Okay. |
ZDNET | You’ve got Mastodon questions, I’ve got answers |
Tech Policy Press | Priorities to Make the Fediverse Sustainable |
The Next Web | Vivaldi browser backs Mastodon to free social networks from Big Tech |
Bleeping Computer | New Vivaldi version integrates Mastodon into the browser sidebar |
TechCrunch | Third-party Twitter app makers turn their attention to Mastodon |
Business Insider | Migration to other social media platforms shows no signs of slowing |
The Verge | The race to build a better Twitter |
PC Magazine | EU Leader Uses Mastodon to Tell Elon Musk How Twitter Needs to Be Regulated |
Vanity Fair | “NO ONE IS GOING TO KILL TWITTER EXCEPT ELON”: AS MUSK’S BLUE BIRD REELS, THE ARMS RACE FOR AN ALTERNATIVE IS ON |
Dewey Square | A Snapshot of the Twitter Migration |
Electronic Frontier Foundation | How to Make a Mastodon Account and Join the Fediverse |
Slate | Social Networks Are Going Much, Much Smaller |
EscapingTech | I Was Wrong About Mastodon |
CNET | Confused by Twitter ‘Replacement’ Mastodon? Here’s How to Get Started |
NOEMA | Mastodon Isn’t Just A Replacement For Twitter |
Ars Technica | How secure a Twitter replacement is Mastodon? Let us count the ways |
Reason | Mystified by Mastodon? We’re Here To Help |
Time | Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media |
The Markup | The Markup: Mastodon’s Moment |
CMS Wire | How to Pick a Mastodon Server |
Axios | How Mastodon, a favorite Twitter alternative, works |
CNET | Twitter Migrants Flock to Mastodon: How Does the Open Source Social Network Work? |
Android Authority | Elon Musk just ended Twitter SMS 2FA (Update: Appears to be back up for some) |
WE GOT THIS COVERED | Some Twitter accounts may become permanently inaccessible thanks to Elon Musk’s meddling |
The Guardian | Musk says he has ‘too much on plate’ amid reports of more Twitter job cuts |
CNBC | SpaceX just bought a big ad campaign on Twitter for Starlink |
Politico | Dems want answers from Musk’s Twitter |
Mint | ‘Embarrassingly wrong’: Elon Musk’s Twitter theory rubbished by ex-employee |
Axios | Elon Musk’s Twitter sees rise in racial slurs, hate speech |
AP | Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options |
MIT Technology Review | Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history |
Politico | ‘Serious risk of breach’ at Musk’s Twitter |
CNN | Playbill leaves Twitter, saying the site ‘expanded tolerance for hate’ |
Mashable | Surprise? Elon Musk’s $8 Twitter Blue hasn’t made very much money so far. |
Human Rights Watch | Musk Chaos Raises Serious Rights Concerns Over TwitterLayoffs of Critical Staff, Impersonation Issues Dog Early Days |
The Guardian | Joining the herd: what’s it like moving from Twitter to Mastodon? |
The CHIVE | Twitter is a sh*tshow right now & the memes aren’t holding back (28 Photos) |
The GuardianABC AU | Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co apologises after fake Twitter account says insulin is free as Elon Musk rolls back verification |
Washington Post | Elon Musk’s first big Twitter product paused after fake accounts spread |
The Medical Republic | Is #medTwitter really leaving Twitter? |
LA Times | What to do if you’re worried about the latest Twitter chaos |
CNN | Elon Musk’s Twitter faces its ‘Titanic’ moment as executives and advertisers flee while trolls run rampant |
The Guardian | Exodus continues at Twitter as Elon Musk hints at possible bankruptcy |
The Verge | Inside Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees |
The Verge | Twitter reactivated the ‘Official’ gray check for accounts that are actually verified / Things are going just great and nothing is on fire. |
Yahoo | Twitter Gives Blue Checks to Fake Tesla Account, Fake Politicians and Real Nazis on Twitter Blue Day 2 |
The Verge | Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer |
NBC | Two Twitter executives resign as Musk’s chaotic run continues |
UX Collective | Twitter alternative: how Mastodon is designed to be “antiviral” |
Toronto Star | I fled Twitter to check out Mastodon. Here’s what I found |
CNET | What Is Mastodon? The Twitter Alternative for People Flying the Coop |
Rasberry Pi | Raspbery Pi: An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting |
ZDNet | ZDNet: Why Twitter will fail shortly — Sometime soon, Twitter will crash badly. Here’s why. |
MIT Technology Review | MIT Technology Review: Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks |
Huffpost | What’s The Deal With Mastodon, The Twitter Alternative? |
The Atlantic | Elon Musk Is Bad at This: The Musk era of Twitter has so far been defined by unhinged tweets, fleeing advertisers, and botched layoffs. |