Mastodon wata hanyar sadarwar zamantakewa ce ta microblogging kyauta kuma wacce aka raba, kama da Twitter,
Tun lokacin da Elon Musk ya kammala siyan Twitter, wasu masu amfani da dandalin sada zumunta sun dade suna neman sabon gida, kawai don gano cewa babu manyan zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa. Wanda ya kafa Twitter Jack Dorsey yana gwada sabon app mai suna Bluesky, amma babu ranar saki tukuna.
Wataƙila ba ku ji labarin ba Mastodon, wanda ya kasance tun daga 2016, amma yanzu yana girma cikin sauri. Wasu sun yanke shawarar tserewa daga Twitter saboda fargabar cewa 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki da Elon Musk ya yi alkawari zai iya rikidewa zuwa gagarumin mulkin lalata.
Wataƙila ba za a sami madaidaicin madadin Twitter ba, wani tasiri na musamman, mai sauri, rubutu mai nauyi, tattaunawa, da dandamali na tushen labarai. Amma Mastodon ya sami (kadan) shahararsa, aƙalla tsakanin techies.
Sabis ɗin yayi kama da Twitter, tare da jerin gajerun sabuntawa da aka tsara bisa tsarin lokaci maimakon algorithmically. Yana ba masu amfani damar shiga ɗimbin sabar daban-daban waɗanda ƙungiyoyi da daidaikun mutane daban-daban ke gudanarwa, maimakon babban dandamali wanda kamfani ɗaya ke sarrafawa kamar Twitter, Instagram, ko Facebook.
Sabanin manyan cibiyoyin sadarwar jama'a, Mastodon kyauta ne kuma ba shi da talla. Ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ce ta haɓaka ta wanda mahaliccin Mastodon Eugen Rochko ke jagoranta kuma ana tallafawa ta hanyar taron jama'a.
Rochko ya fada a cikin wata hira da cewa:
Mastodon ya sami masu amfani da 230.000 tun ranar 27 ga Oktoba, lokacin da Musk ya karbi Twitter. Yanzu yana da masu amfani da 655.000 a kowane wata, in ji shi. Twitter ya ruwaito a watan Yuli cewa yana da kusan masu amfani da kuɗi miliyan 238 a kullun.
"Tabbas, bai kai Twitter girma ba, amma ita ce lambar mafi girma da wannan hanyar sadarwar ta taba gani," in ji Rochko, wanda da farko ya kirkiro Mastodon fiye da kayan masarufi (kuma, a, sunansa ya samo asali daga Twitter). cikin karfe mai nauyi). Mastodon band).
Mastodon ba gidan yanar gizo ɗaya bane, amma cibiyar sadarwar dubban shafuka ake kira "misali", wanda kuma ake kira sabobin. Waɗannan sabobin Suna " tarayya " wanda ke nufin ana sarrafa su ta hanyar ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, amma suna iya sadarwa tare da juna ba tare da buƙatar shiga ta hanyar tsakiya ba. Kuma sararin da suke ciki shi ake kira “*fedivers*”, wanda wasu magoya bayansa ke kira da “*los Fedi*”.
Amma samfurin Mastodon ya zo da nasa kasada. Idan uwar garken da kuke haɗawa ya ƙare, kuna iya rasa komai, kamar mai ba da imel ɗin ku yana rufewa.
Mai kula da uwar garken Mastodon shima yana da iko na ƙarshe akan duk abin da kuke yi kuma a sakamakon haka yawancin masu amfani da Mastodon suna da masaniyar fasaha ko fasaha.
Sarah T. Roberts, farfesa na UCLA kuma darektan koyarwa a Cibiyar Nazarin Intanet mai mahimmanci ta UCLA, ta fara amfani da Mastodon da gaske a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, bayan Musk ya karɓi Twitter. Ya sake kirkiro wani asusu ne shekaru da suka gabata, in ji shi, amma bai shiga ciki ba sai kwanan nan saboda shaharar Twitter a tsakanin malamai.
Roberts, wanda ya yi aiki a Twitter a matsayin mai bincike na ma'aikata a farkon wannan shekara yayin da yake hutu daga UCLA, ta ce an yi mata wahayi don fara amfani da Mastodon saboda damuwa game da yadda daidaitawar abun ciki akan Twitter zai iya canzawa a ƙarƙashin ikon Musk. Ya yi zargin cewa wasu sababbi kawai sun koshi da kamfanonin sadarwar da ke kama bayanan masu amfani da yawa kuma ana sarrafa su ta hanyar talla.
“Mastodon aikin sa kai ne wanda mutum ɗaya ya haɓaka. Kuma Twitter kamfani ne da da alama ya kai dala biliyan 44,” inji shi. "Idan ƙungiyar masu amfani suka taru suka ce, 'Hey, muna so mu taru don ƙirƙirar madadin,' ikon su na samun kudade zai yi ƙasa da yadda Elon Musk ke iya samun kudade."
Duk da tasirin da yake da shi, ƙirar Mastodon ta sa a sami kuɗi, a cewar Nathan Schneider, wani masanin fasahar mallakar fasaha a Jami'ar Colorado da ke Boulder, kuma hakan ya sa ba za a iya buɗe wani gidan yanar gizo kamar Twitter ba.