{"id":7739,"date":"2022-11-08T09:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/what-is-mastodon-the-social-network-users-are-leaving-twitter-for-everything-you-need-to-know\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T09:37:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:37:28","slug":"what-is-mastodon-the-social-network-users-are-leaving-twitter-for-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/what-is-mastodon-the-social-network-users-are-leaving-twitter-for-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Mastodon, the social network users are leaving Twitter for? Everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Verification is free, toots are twice as long as tweets \u2013 but you might find it hard to replace your Twitter follower list. Here\u2019s how to use it, find a server to join and navigate the fediverse<\/p>\n<p>Interest in the open source social media platform known as Mastodon has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/earleyedition\/status\/1589486673511198720\">spiked again<\/a> as users look for an alternative to Twitter, should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/05\/elon-musk-doesnt-know-what-hes-doing-says-former-twitter-executive\">Elon Musk\u2019s takeover spell the end<\/a> of that website as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re fleeing the sinking ship of Twitter for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2022\/nov\/01\/mastodon-twitter-elon-musk-takeover\">potential life raft of Mastodon<\/a> \u2013 or wondering whether to \u2013 here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/08\/mastodon-what-is-it-how-do-i-join-use-find-best-server-list-change-elon-musk-twitter-leaving-social-network-alternative\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0eb150350cf701f85c1320b3a538364135dc5da0\/0_87_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5e6a36b20476842e71c3c823b1e05429\" title=\"What is Mastodon, the social network users are leaving Twitter for? Everything you need to know\" \/>Verification is free, toots are twice as long as tweets \u2013 but you might find it hard to replace your Twitter follower list. Here\u2019s how to use it, find a server to join and navigate the fediverse<br \/>\nInterest in the open source social media platform known as Mastodon has spiked again as users look for an alternative to Twitter, should Elon Musk\u2019s takeover spell the end of that website as we know it.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re fleeing the sinking ship of Twitter for the potential life raft of Mastodon \u2013 or wondering whether to \u2013 here\u2019s what you need to know. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verification is free, toots are twice as long as tweets \u2013 but you might find it hard to replace your Twitter follower list. Here\u2019s how to use it, find a server to join and navigate the fediverse Interest in the open source social media platform known as Mastodon has spiked again as users look for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/what-is-mastodon-the-social-network-users-are-leaving-twitter-for-everything-you-need-to-know\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is Mastodon, the social network users are leaving Twitter for? Everything you need to know<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7739"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}