Social network mastodonIt has launched its Android app, which has a Twitter-like design with a vertical post timeline. Consisting of free open source software, mastodon It had already rolled out an iOS app in 2021.
But the network works a little differently than Twitter. Users can create communities (servers) and chat in these spaces, or even follow existing communities. In any case, members of different servers, interact with each other.
“The social network is back in your hands,” Mastodon announces on its website. The expression is the timeline of the application. does not work algorithmically and does not transmit ads — Issues that are the subject of constant complaints from Twitter users. Also, in one of the latest updates, the app added a button to edit posts (called “toots”).
“We do not sell, trade, or otherwise share data that could identify you with third parties,” Mastodon says on its Terms of Service page. The protocol responsible for powering the site, ActivityPub, already included by other social networks like PixelFed – an alternative space to Instagram for sharing images. Like Mastodon, PixelFed claims it doesn’t allow “third-party analysis or tracking.”
More details about the app are available on the Mastodon Play Store page. Installing the platform requires Android 6.0 as well as 2.6 MB of free space.
Source: Tec Mundo
