other people. the idea is you build up other people. the idea is you build up a community much in the same way that you do with twitter now. so as we said, that you do with twitter now. so as we said. quite that you do with twitter now. so as we said. quite a that you do with twitter now. so as we said, quite a lot that you do with twitter now. so as we said, quite a lot of that you do with twitter now. so as we said, quite a lot of people are leaving twitter to go to it. what are the pros and cons of mastodon? one of the pros of right now is mastodon is not owned by eli musk. probably what the people are adopting it so much because they are concerned about the future direction of twitter and some of the decisions already been made. in terms of columns, sadly there are quite a few. it is not as intuitive or easy as twitter is. in part because of the fact that it is what s called open source software, it s a little bit geeky, it s been developed by those who have it knowledge fo
with the social media network twitter being a source of controversy lately, some users are moving to a new app mastodon. it s been around since 2016 but it s seen a rise in users over the last few weeks. its creator eugen rochko says they ve gained 230,000 new users since elon musk took over twitter. let s find out more from the technologyjournalist, chris stokel walker. thank you for being with us. first, what is mastodon? what is mastodon? mastodon is a similar social what is mastodon? mastodon is a similar social network what is mastodon? mastodon is a similar social network to - what is mastodon? mastodon is a similar social network to twitter. | similar social network to twitter. in the same way you post short messages on twitter, you post what are called toots on mastodon. it is
it because it will hold your private information, your password, your username, anything that you posed to that. on the other hand it doesn t matter that much because even though you pick one server you can still share anything with the world. it s a little bit like picking a gmail or hotmail account rather than picking a specific website that you will only stick on. only stick on. sounds a bit complicated only stick on. sounds a bit complicated for only stick on. sounds a bit complicated for me. - only stick on. sounds a bit complicated for me. how. only stick on. sounds a bit | complicated for me. how is only stick on. sounds a bit. complicated for me. how is it moderated? that is one of the questions because obviously, people now have concerns about twitter with elon musk in charge. is mastadon, is it better in terms of how how is moderated and policed? in it better in terms of how how is moderated and policed?- it better in terms of how how is moderated and policed? in the las
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necessarily unhappy around what is happening with twitter, but want a different direction, donald trump has his own social network, based op mastodon. there are others such as text versions, video versions. you can use any social media platform. but some might even go back to facebook! which most people abandoned years ago. do facebook! which most people abandoned years ago.- facebook! which most people abandoned years ago. do you think eole will abandoned years ago. do you think people will go abandoned years ago. do you think people will go back abandoned years ago. do you think people will go back to abandoned years ago. do you think people will go back to twitter - abandoned years ago. do you think people will go back to twitter once | people will go back to twitter once the fuss dies down? people will go back to twitter once the fuss dies down? yes, we are in the fuss dies down? yes, we are in the middle the fuss dies down? yes, we are in the middle of the fuss dies do