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Nicola Roy

What is Mastodon as Twitter takeover sees thousands opt for alternative social media site

A small social network called Mastodon has been seeing its sign-up numbers climb after thousands abandon their Twitter accounts.

It comes after Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion (£32 billion) last month. Since then, huge numbers of staff have reportedly been fired with the new owner since announcing plans to start charging users for verified accounts.

Because of this, people have been deciding that they no longer want to be a part of Twitter anymore, and are searching for an alternative social media site to sign up to.

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