Mastodon has been around since 2016 and has 804k MAU.

The platform has 57 third party apps.

The platform is decentralized and has community ran servers.

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    2 hours ago

    Because most people don’t exactly want a community-led social platform that respects you and empowers user freedom, even if some say they do.

    Bluesky is promising a Twitter-like experience. They promote their ties to the former Twitter, and promise algorithms, dopamine-inducing “reach” and “engagement”, paid subscriptions, some degree of centralized control (primarily of the network’s infrastructure), and a for-profit VC-funded company, all under the guise of federation. They claim a mastodon-like brand that they are yet to deliver.