What is Mastodon? The social media site Twitter users are taking to

Amid the Elon Musk takeover on Twitter, social media users are fleeing the site and searching for an alternative space to take to their micro-blogging, and Mastodon seems to be their answer.

But what exactly is Mastodon and how is it so similar to Twitter? We’ve got all the info you need to know.

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