Enter Mastodon, a decentralized social network built on open-source software. "That means that anyone can set up their own server, and there is no central authority controlling the platform ...

Elon Musk has managed to drive thousands of people somewhere incredibly quickly, but he isn't doing it in Teslas: he's doing it on Twitter, where there appears to be a mass exodus to Mastodon.

One of the biggest beneficiaries has been Mastodon. But what is it? The social network says it now has over 655,000 users - with over 230,000 having joined in the last week. On the surface ...

Twitter is dealing with a new drama and Mastodon, a Twitter alternative, has apparently been reaping the benefits. On Saturday, Elon Musk started cracking down on the number of tweets users can read.