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Mastodon<\/a>, an open-source social network that markets itself as an alternative to Twitter Inc<\/a>, has seen a surge in new sign-ups in recent days, overwhelming the site and its founder as the tiny operation struggles to keep up.
Since Elon Musk<\/a> took over Twitter on October 27, Mastodon has drawn 489,003 new users, bringing total monthly active users to more than 1 million, founder, lead developer and Chief Executive Officer Eugen Rochko<\/a> said on his own Mastodon account Monday. That’s a tiny fraction compared to Twitter’s 238 million daily active users. But Musk’s purchase has seemingly been the incentive the German non-profit has been waiting for since its founding in 2016.
“I don’t think Mastodon or the fediverse has ever received this much attention before,” Rochko wrote on his account two days ago. “It’s a great opportunity for people to finally see that social media can be done differently, that it can be a protocol not under control of any single company.”
Searches for Mastodon spiked on Google following the Twitter acquisition, especially in Europe where the social network is based. All of the new interest has caused strain on the platform, with Rochko saying he was overstretched. “While it’s nice to see your work finally taken seriously in the mainstream, the 12-14 hour workdays I’ve had to pull to handle everything is anything but,” Rochko posted on October 31.
Rochko lamented that he was handling software development, accounting, customer support, project management, product design, public relations and moderation. He apologized to users for “processing delays until I can get my hands on more hardware. Sorry!”
On Monday, some people on the site were complaining about not receiving confirmation emails upon registering. Rochko said he was running into a daily email-sending limit with the company’s provider.
Rochko didn’t respond to requests for an interview.
Mastodon’s pitch that it’s committed to keeping conversations on the site free from hate speech and bullying may be appealing to users concerned about Musk’s free-speech initiatives. Slurs and racist memes have already swelled on Twitter, highlighting the challenge Musk faces to balance a promise to restore people’s ability to speak freely with maintaining civility on the platform to appease advertisers. In an open letter to advertisers, Musk said that he doesn’t intend to let Twitter become a “free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences.”
Mastodon calls itself a federated social network. Instead of signing up for an account on a website, users choose to join “servers.” Each server is independent, hosted by an individual or organization, and can have its own rules around moderation.
Users can follow other Mastodon accounts, no matter which server they use, and people on the network can change servers whenever they want. Mastodon said it will only promote servers that “are consistently committed to moderation against racism, sexism, and transphobia.”
But it’s far from clear whether the migration to Mastodon will have a lasting impact, on either that site or on Twitter. Many people were also griping on Twitter about Mastodon’s laborious and confusing platform. Musk himself is keeping an eye on the site and chimed in with a sarcastic plug for Mastodon.
For now, Rochko seems to be charging forward.
“Would you believe me if I told you I was extremely tired?” he posted on Sunday. “But the release candidate for Mastodon 4.0<\/a> is finally out of the way, and I think it’s neat.”
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乳齿象,Twitter的对手,努力跟上激增的新用户
自10月27日,Elon Musk接管Twitter乳齿象吸引了489003个新用户,使每月活跃用户超过100万,创始人,导致开发人员和首席执行官尤金Rochko周一表示自己的乳齿象帐户
乳齿象开源社交网络,市场本身作为一种替代方法Twitter Inc .),最近几天新注册用户激增,压倒性的网站,其创始人的小操作努力跟上。
自Elon Musk10月27日接管了Twitter乳齿象吸引了489003个新用户,使每月活跃用户超过100万,创始人,导致开发人员和首席执行官尤金Rochko周一表示自己的乳齿象帐户。这是一小部分比Twitter的每天2.38亿活跃用户。但是麝香的收购似乎已经激励德国非营利一直等待自2016年成立以来。
“我不认为乳齿象或fediverse以前受到这么多关注,“Rochko两天前在他的账户写道。“这是一个很好的机会让人们终于看到,社交媒体可以做不同,它可以是一个协议没有任何单一公司的控制。”
在谷歌上搜索乳齿象飙升后,Twitter收购,尤其是在欧洲,《社交网络》。所有的新的兴趣造成压力的平台,Rochko说他是过度。“虽然很高兴看到你的工作最后认真对待在主流,12 - 14小时工作日我不得不处理一切除了,“Rochko张贴在10月31日。
Rochko哀叹他处理软件开发,会计、客户支持、项目管理、产品设计、公共关系与节制。他向用户道歉,“处理延迟,直到我能得到更多的硬件。对不起!”
周一,一些人在网站上抱怨没有收到注册确认邮件。Rochko说他跑到每天email-sending限制与公司的供应商。
Rochko没有回复记者的采访要求。
乳齿象的音高致力于保持对话在网站上免费从仇恨言论和欺凌可能是吸引用户关注麝香的言论自由行动。诽谤和种族主义的模因在推特上已经膨胀,突显出麝香面临的挑战来平衡承诺恢复人们畅所欲言的能力维护文明在这个平台上取悦广告商。在一封公开信中,广告商,麝香表示,他不打算让Twitter成为“混战hellscape,可以说没有后果。”
乳齿象自称联合社交网络。而不是在网站注册一个账户,用户选择加入“服务器。“每个服务器是独立的,由个人或组织,和可以有它自己的规则在适度。
用户可以按照其他乳齿象账户,无论他们使用哪个服务器,人们在网络上可以改变服务器每当他们想要的东西。乳齿象说,这只会促进服务器”一直致力于缓和反对种族主义,性别歧视,和变性。”
但它还远未清楚乳齿象的迁移将产生持久的影响,在该网站或者在Twitter上。许多人也在推特上抱怨乳齿象的费力而令人困惑的平台。麝香自己密切关注网站,也在一边帮腔,讽刺塞乳齿象。
现在,似乎Rochko充电。
“你相信我,如果我告诉你我非常累吗?”他周日发布。“但发布候选乳齿象4.0是最后的,我觉得它是整洁。”
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