it's time for today explain where we break down some
of the biggest stories in the news, how we
got here, where we go next. Since Elon
musk took over twitter, tens of thousands of people
have left the platform. One of the fastest growing
alternative is mastodon. In fact more than one million
people have joined the platform since october 27th. That's
today must completed his$44 billion deal to buy twitter
. So what is massive? And is it similar
to twitter, Macedon calls itself the largest decentralized social
network on the internet. It's a free, open
source network of thousands of sites called instances or servers
. Each instance has its own set of rules and
is often based on specific interests like politics, entertainment
or various social issues. All servers have a feed
reserved just for that specific community displaying all posts in
chronological order. You can also look at your personalized
feed which shows posts from accounts you follow that's the
future most similar to twitter, but unlike twitter,
Macedon isn't owned by a single person or a company
, it's a nonprofit supported by by crowdfunding and promises
to always be ad free and get this algorithm free
. That might be the main reason it's attracting so
much attention. Users like the idea that they are
in control of their experience without the influence of paid
ads, verified accounts or algorithm based feeds. And
Macedon isn't the only twitter alternative. People are also
turning to other platforms like truth social, that of
course was founded by former president Donald trump and parlor
, which was in talks for an acquisition by Kanye 00:01:34.450 --> West.