Instead, the social networking app that's been touted as a potential Twitter-killer is the brainchild of a 24-year-old recent college grad hellbent on disrupting the way we think about social networking.
As the wildly popular service's German-born founder Eugen Rochko said Thursday via the gamer chat service Discord, it aims to operate on a "different paradigm" to established sites.
Mastodon, named for the extinct animal and **t the metal band despite Rochko being a fan of the band and progressive metal, was an**unced on ****** News in October. "I decided to give this a go," Rochko said during the late-night call.* Read more...