Bye, Twitter. All the cool kids are migrating to Mastodon.

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Bye, Twitter. All the cool kids are migrating to Mastodon.
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In the battle between a massive prehistoric beast and a fluttering bird, we all k**w what's destined to come out on top.*

But in the case of Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/about), a social network with the potential to take on Twitter, the former just so happens to be the underdog. And yet, it's an underdog with serious spunk.*

SEE ALSO: Inside Twitter's decision to keep Periscope and abandon everything else (http://mashable.com/2017/02/28/periscope-ceo-kayvon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Started by 24-year-old Eugen Rochko, Mastodon allows users to create accounts, follow others, and post status updates called "toots." In many ways it's like Twitter, but it is also so **t like Twitter.

Importantly, Mastodon is **t a third-party Twitter client, but its own service entirely. What makes it stand out? It has better privacy controls than Twitter. Also, neo-Nazis are explicitly banned (https://mastodon.social/about/more).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/mastodon-twitter-social-network/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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