Mastodon is a microblogging application that's part of the Fediverse. It is free software and uses open standards to create a social media ecosystem that supports users rather than exploiting them as a product. Its servers are decentralized and run by volunteers or corporations, with moderation and user registration being decided by the server admin. Learn more on the Mastodon site.

Instances

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Accounts

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Microblogging handles lists Mastodon handles for some Wikimedia affiliates, organizations and projects. Some accounts are largely managed on-wiki, including:

Furthermore, Wikidata has a property for Mastodon address that can be added to items on the platform. There are some regularly updated listeria lists of accounts such as d:Wikidata:List of free software accounts on Mastodon as well as a list of all items with Mastodon accounts (so far not populated due to a listeria bug but the WDQS query can be used).

Tools

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The fedi-share tool can be used to create "share this page" buttons/links for Mastodon users.

Organizations

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To get an inventory of Wikimedia Organizations using Mastodon, visit the page: FLOSS-Exchange.