From tweeting to 'tooting': The switch from Twitter to Mastodon


Twitter is not in a good place right now. Many users, nervous about the platform's free speech policy, the company's loss of key staff and a rise in fake accounts, are switching to the next best thing, Mastodon. Should you join them? — Photo: Zacharie Scheurer/dpa

BERLIN: Twitter is not in a good place right now. Many users, nervous about the platform's free speech policy, the company's loss of key staff and a rise in fake accounts, are switching to the next best thing, Mastodon. Should you join them?

Twitter is about to implode. Or maybe not? It's anything but clear what fate awaits Twitter in the coming weeks and months. In any case, the company is in a rough spot after it lost numerous critical employees in a mass cull.

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