Mastodon as a Twitter alternative?
Mastodon has quickly become the go-to place for many in recent weeks who have decided to leave Twitter. The open-source decentralized platform has many benefits, and the growing popularity will hopefully lead to additional features and functionality as the open-source platform continues to mature. Still, those who join Mastodon should not consider the platform as an equivalent replacement for Twitter and should be aware of the special characteristics of the Fediverse. Each instance is managed by an administrator who has control over the infrastructure and the software running on the servers. That…