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A hand holds a smartphone displaying the Mastodon social networking app with colorful cartoon mastodons, set against a background of blurred blue Twitter logos. A network diagram showing how the fediverse operates, with various social platforms like Mastodon, PeerTube, Lemmy, and others connected through the central ActivityPub protocol, illustrating interoperability. One platform, diaspora*, is shown separately as both a platform and network protocol. A smartphone displays the new Twitter X logo in white on a black screen, with the old blue Twitter bird logos blurred in the background. Large white hanging display with the Meta logo and name in black and blue at the BRIDGE Summit 2025, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
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Mastodon logo
Mastodon is a popular entry point to the fediverse, and, like X (formerly Twitter),...
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ActivityPub and fediverse platforms
Many fediverse platforms are linked by the common protocol ActivityPub. However,...
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Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter (now X) led many angry users to join the fediverse.
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Meta at the BRIDGE Summit 2025
Facebook became Meta Platforms in 2021 as the company broadened its ambitions beyond...
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