Mastodon ndi ntchito yaulere komanso yotseguka yodzichitira nokha pa intaneti. Zimalola aliyense kukhala ndi ma seva awo pamanetiweki, ndipo zoyambira zake zosiyanasiyana zogwiritsiridwa ntchito padera zimayendetsedwa pamaseva osiyanasiyana. Ma seva awa amalumikizidwa ngati malo ochezera a pa Intaneti, kulola ogwiritsa ntchito kuchokera ku maseva osiyanasiyana kuti azilumikizana mosalekeza. Mastodon ili ndi mawonekedwe a microblogging ofanana ndi Twitter, kapena Weibo, ngakhale ndi yosiyana ndi iwo, ndipo mosiyana ndi pulogalamu yanthawi zonse ngati nsanja yochitira ntchito, siyikhala pakati. Wogwiritsa ntchito aliyense ndi membala wa seva inayake, yoyendetsedwa paokha. Ogwiritsa amatumiza (mwachisawawa) mauthenga achidule otchedwa "toots" kuti ena awone, ndipo amatha kusintha makonda awo achinsinsi. Zosankha zachinsinsi zimatha kusiyanasiyana pakati pa masamba, koma nthawi zambiri zimaphatikizapo mauthenga achindunji, otsatira okha, opezeka pagulu koma osatchulidwa muzakudya zapagulu, komanso zotumizidwa kugulu la anthu onse. Mastodon mascot ndi mammoth a bulauni kapena imvi, nthawi zina amawonetsedwa pogwiritsa ntchito piritsi kapena foni yamakono. Chifukwa palibe seva imodzi yapakati ya Mastodon, seva iliyonse yogwiritsira ntchito imakhala ndi machitidwe ake, machitidwe a ntchito, ndi ndondomeko zoyendetsera m'malo mwake. Izi zimasiyana ndi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti polola ogwiritsa ntchito kusankha seva inayake yomwe ili ndi ndondomeko zomwe amavomereza, kapena kusiya seva yomwe ili ndi ndondomeko zomwe amatsutsana nazo, popanda kutaya mwayi wopita ku malo ochezera a pa Intaneti a Mastodon.