I-Mastodon iyinethiwekhi yamahhala ye-microblogging social network, efana ne-Twitter,
Kusukela u-Elon Musk eqedile ukuthenga kwakhe i-Twitter, abanye abasebenzisi bohlelo lokusebenza lwenkundla yezokuxhumana bebefuna ikhaya elisha, ukuthola kuphela ukuthi azikho izinketho eziningi ezinhle. Umsunguli we-Twitter u-Jack Dorsey uhlola i-beta uhlelo lokusebenza olusha olubizwa ngokuthi i-Bluesky, kodwa alukho usuku lokukhishwa okwamanje.
Kungenzeka awukezwanga I-Mastodon, ebilokhu ikhona kusukela ngo-2016, kodwa manje ikhula ngokushesha. Abanye banqume ukubalekela i-Twitter ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi inkululeko yokukhuluma eyathenjiswa u-Elon Musk ingase iphenduke umbuso omkhulu wokungathembeki.
Kungase kungabi khona enye indlela ecacile ku-Twitter, inkundla enamandla kakhulu, esheshayo, esindayo, exoxayo, nesekelwe ezindabeni. Kodwa I-Mastodon isizuze (kancane) ukuthandwa, okungenani phakathi kwama-techies.
Isevisi ifana ne-Twitter, enomugqa wesikhathi wezibuyekezo ezimfushane ezihlelwe ngokulandelana kwezikhathi kune-algorithmically. Ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bajoyine inqwaba yamaseva ahlukene aqhutshwa amaqembu ahlukahlukene nabantu ngabanye, esikhundleni senkundla emaphakathi elawulwa inkampani eyodwa efana ne-Twitter, Instagram, noma Facebook.
Ngokungafani namanethiwekhi omphakathi amakhulu, I-Mastodon imahhala futhi ayikhangisi. Ithuthukiswe inhlangano engenzi nzuzo eholwa ngumdali weMastodon u-Eugen Rochko futhi isekelwa yi-crowdfunding.
URochko uthe engxoxweni wathi:
I-Mastodon ithole abasebenzisi be-230.000 kusukela ngo-Okthoba 27, lapho uMusk ethatha i-Twitter. Manje inabasebenzisi abasebenza nyanga zonke abangama-655.000, esho. I-Twitter ibike ngoJulayi ukuthi inabasebenzisi abangaba yizigidi ezingama-238 nsuku zonke abenza imali.
"Ngokusobala, akuyona enkulu njenge-Twitter, kodwa yinombolo enkulu kunazo zonke le nethiwekhi eyake yabonwa," kusho uRochko, owadala iMastodon njengephrojekthi kunomkhiqizo wabathengi (futhi, yebo, igama layo liphefumulelwe yi-Twitter). ngensimbi enzima). Mastodon band).
I-Mastodon akuyona iwebhusayithi eyodwa, kodwa inethiwekhi yezinkulungwane zamasayithi ebizwa ngokuthi "izimo", ebizwa nangokuthi amaseva. Lezi ziphakeli "Bahlangene" okusho ukuthi aphethwe izinhlangano ezahlukene, kodwa angakwazi ukuxhumana ngaphandle kwesidingo sokungena ohlelweni olumaphakathi. Futhi isikhala lapho zonke zikhona zibizwa ngokuthi “*fedivers*”, abanye abalandeli abayibiza ngokuthi “*los Fedi*”.
Kodwa imodeli yeMastodon iza nezingozi zayo. Uma iseva oyijoyinayo iyehla, ungalahlekelwa yikho konke, njengokuvala komhlinzeki wakho we-imeyili.
Umqondisi weseva ye-Mastodon futhi unokulawula okuphelele kukho konke okwenzayo futhi ngenxa yalokho abasebenzisi abaningi ababalulekile be-Mastodon bayi-tech savvy noma i-tech savvy.
USarah T. Roberts, uprofesa ohlangene we-UCLA kanye nomqondisi we-faculty e-UCLA Center for Critical Internet Research, waqala ukusebenzisa i-Mastodon ngobuqotho ngo-Okthoba 30, ngemva nje kokuba u-Musk ethathe i-Twitter. Wakha enye i-akhawunti eminyakeni edlule, wathi, kodwa akazange angene kuyo kuze kube muva nje ngenxa yokuthandwa kwe-Twitter phakathi kwezifundiswa.
U-Roberts, osebenze ku-Twitter njengomcwaningi wabasebenzi ekuqaleni konyaka ngenkathi esekhefini e-UCLA, uthe uphefumulelwe ukuthi aqale ukusebenzisa i-Mastodon ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuthi ukulinganisa okuqukethwe ku-Twitter kungase kushintshe kanjani ngaphansi kokulawulwa nguMusk. Usola ukuthi abanye abasanda kufika bavele bacikwe yizinkampani zenkundla zokuxhumana ezishutha imininingwane eminingi yabasebenzisi futhi zibuswa ukukhangisa.
“I-Mastodon wuhlelo lwamavolontiya olwakhiwe kakhulu ngumuntu oyedwa. Futhi i-Twitter yinkampani ebonakala ibiza u-$44 billion,” kusho yena. "Uma iqembu labasebenzisi lihlangana ndawonye lathi, 'Heyi, sifuna ukuhlangana senze enye indlela,' amandla abo okuthola uxhaso kungaba ngaphansi kakhulu kukhono lika-Elon Musk lokuthola uxhaso."
Naphezu kwethonya layo elikhulayo, umklamo weMastodon wenza kube nzima ukuxhasa ngemali, ngokusho kukaNathan Schneider, umcwaningi oyimodeli yobunikazi bobuchwepheshe eNyuvesi yaseColorado eBoulder, futhi lokho kwenza kube nzima ukukhulula iwebhusayithi efana ne-Twitter.