As many users seek alternatives to X, rival social network Mastodon says that its official app downloads are up 47% on iOS.

Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko says downloads on Android are also up 17%, while total monthly sign-ups rose approximately 27% to 90,000.

The open-source X rival functions much like its competitor, the site formerly known as Twitter, on the outside. However, unlike the centralized Twitter, Mastodon consists of thousands of different social networks, which are integrated into a web it calls the “fediverse.”

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    6 hours ago

    You can be against the US’s tipping culture while at the same time being someone who donates to things lol

    But yeah, definitely. For a lot of these things the funding has to be coming from somewhere and there’s no way donations are enough.