The Latest Breaking News from Mastodon

Inside Bluesky CEO’s 10 days of silence

Bluesky, the Twitter rival, faced its first major crisis when a racist username went unchecked, leading investors to push for an apology that took the CEO 10 days to formulate.

Fortune · Jul 31, 2023

Mastodon: Twitter rival used to host child sexual abuse content, study finds

Stanford University researchers found almost 2,000 posts using child sexual abuse material hashtags on the decentralised social network

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2023

Threads gets another free app update to welcome Elon Musk’s exes

The biggest rival to the service formerly known as Twitter teases big new features

T3 · Jul 25, 2023

Everything I hate is on Twitter – how can the alternatives compete?

When Elon Musk took over the platform, the downward slide was depressing. But then, the horror may always have been a big part of its appeal, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Watch Mastodon portray violent cinema snacks in the most metal movie opening of all time

Mastodon performed a raging extreme metal song as animated characters in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie – and stole the entire show.

Metal Hammer · Jul 12, 2023

TechScape: With 100 million users, is Threads on course to finish off Twitter?

Meta wants its new rival to be a friendly, news-free space. But with missing features, it might not leave Elon Musk’s platform in the dust quite yet

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11, 2023

Twitter traffic sinks in wake of changes and launch of rival platform Threads

Data shows the micro-blogging website has been shedding users since early 2023, not long after Elon Musk’s takeover

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10, 2023

Meta's Threads is surging, but mass migration from Twitter is likely to remain an uphill battle

Twitter’s move on July 1, 2023, to limit the number of tweets users can see in a day was the latest in a series of decisions that has spurred millions of users to sign up with alternative microblogging platforms since Elon Musk acquired Twitter last year.

The Conversation · Jul 9, 2023

Battle of the apps: Threads has potential but Twitter shouldn't be 'written off yet'

BILLIONAIRE Mark Zuckerberg threw down the gauntlet to his rival Elon Musk by launching a new microblogging app this week but Twitter shouldn’t be…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2023

Is Threads threatening Twitter’s reign?

As the social media landscape becomes more fragmented, Meta's Twitter clone has entered the arena.

Fortune · Jul 7, 2023