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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Malvika Padin

What is Mastodon and why are Twitter users flocking to social media site?

Twitter has been in the news in recent times - and not for good reasons.

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, took over the platform on October 27 and people have been unhappy with all the changes he has introduced, including paying for the blue tick verification.

With Twitter no longer their choice of social media, many frustrated users have been flocking to a relatively small social media network called Mastodon, which gained 230,000 in the last week alone.

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