9 Best Articles on Mastodon
The most useful articles on mastodon from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Mastodon Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on mastodon by Refind users in 2023 so far.
What is ...?
New to #mastodon? These articles make an excellent introduction.
A Beginner’s Guide to Mastodon
Mastodon, a decentralized, open-source software that allows users to set up servers to communicate with each other, is growing in popularity as a “Twitter alternative”. This article provides a high…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on mastodon—all under 10 minutes.
The Shit Show
Well, it happened. We knew it was coming. A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it. My mom passed away just before Christmas. Her decline was something…
With (Far) Fewer Followers, Mastodon Generates More Engagement Than Twitter. Why?
A recurring comment from people who post stuff on the internet and give Mastodon/fediverse a try is the (high) engagement and reach they get there. Even with much smaller audiences than at Twitter,…
Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon, but many aren’t sticking around
More than 130,000 people were joining the new independent social media network per day in November. So why hasn’t it taken off?
Mastodon Isn’t Just A Replacement For Twitter
Users flocking to the platform will need to shift their expectations for social media and become engaged democratic citizens in the life of their networks.
«the anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing calls “scalability.” This doesn’t just mean large scale. It means, according to Tsing, “the ability to expand — and expand and expand — without rethinking basic elements.”»
Tweetbot’s devs are back with a Mastodon client
Ivory is open to the general public.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on mastodon.
Can Mastodon seize the moment from Twitter?
How Mastodon was prepared for Elon Musk’s Twitter to fail.
Scaling Mastodon is Impossible
Now that Twitter is dying, what can replace it?
My Mastodon strategy
A lot of the following is an attempt of a highly motivated individual trying to recapture what I once had.…
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