A curated list of articles and content on Mastodon that aren’t behind paywalls by topic and ordered by date:
GUIDES
- Official Documentation
- Fedi.Tips Informal unofficial guide for non-technical people
- Mastodon Help Unofficial guide
- An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon Unofficial guide
- How to Get Started on Mastodon – Wired 16th November 2022
- Find Your Twitter Friends on Mastodon – Johnny Graber (blog) 11th November 2022
- Everything I know about Mastodon – Danielle Navarro (blog) 3rd November 2022
- Mastodon for writers/readers – Robert Kingett (blog) 1st May 2022
- A Brief Mastodon Guide for Social Media Worriers – Per Axbom 27th April 2022
- A futuristic Mastodon introduction for 2021 – Elilla (blog) 17th April 2021
Explainers to newbies
- What is Mastodon? What to know about the decentralized site some see as a Twitter alternative – USA Today 16th November 2022
- If you’re thinking about quitting Elon Musk’s Twitter, here’s how to use alternative Mastodon – CNBC 15th November 2022
- What is Mastodon? Here’s why everyone’s talking about this Twitter alternative – Digital Trends 15th November 2022
- Mastodon isn’t Twitter but it’s glorious – ZD Net 14th November 2022
- A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative – Tech Crunch 8th November 2022
- What is Mastodon, how is it different to Twitter and how do I sign up? – Euro News 8th November 2022
- Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it? – BBC 6th November 2022
Tips and Tricks
- 10 quick Mastodon tips – Per Axbom 28th October 2022
Reviews and Personal Experiences
- Could this be Twitter without the toxic slurry?’ My week on Mastodon – The Guardian 16th November 2022
Differences to Twitter
- Mastodon Vs Twitter: Moderation – Shaun Vos, 16th November 2022
- Mastodon Vs Twitter: Algorithms and Ownership – Shaun Vos, 15th November 2022
- Mastodon Vs Twitter: Initial Impressions – Shaun Vos, 14th November 2022
- Should I join Mastodon? A scientists’ guide to Twitter’s rival – Nature 10th November 2022
- Mastodon Isn’t A Replacement For Twitter—But It Has Rewards Of Its Own – Forbes 4th November 2022
Privacy and Security
- Is Mastodon Private and Secure? Let’s Take a Look – EFF, Bill Budington 16th November
Content Moderation
- Can Mastodon Survive Europe’s Digital Services Act? – Tech Policy Press 16th November 2022
Account Verification
- How to get verified on Mastodon? – Cédric Batailler 10th November 2022
The Fediverse
- The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (if we don’t screw it up) – EFF, Cindy Cohn and Rory Mir 16th November 2022
- The many branches of the Fediverse – Per Axbom, 2nd November 2022
The Code
- Devs Are Excited by ActivityPub, Open Protocol for Mastodon – The New Stack 15th November 2022