Mastodon is an open source self-hosted microblogging and social networking server. It provides Twitter like features; but rather than being controlled by a single company, it is a federation of decentralized servers connecting together to make an entire system of social networking. A small team can start their Mastodon server instance to communicate among themselves as well as with the other users of the federated community. It also enables you to choose your own privacy and moderation policies ......