Mastodon
IMastodon yinkonzo yasimahla kunye nevulelekileyo yokuzibamba ngokwakho kwinethiwekhi yoluntu. Ivumela nabani na ukuba abambe i-node yakhe yeseva kwinethiwekhi, kwaye iziseko zayo ezahlukeneyo zabasebenzisi ezisebenza ngokwahlukeneyo zidityaniswa kwiiseva ezininzi ezahlukeneyo. Ezi seva ziqhagamshelwe njengenethiwekhi yoluntu edibeneyo, evumela abasebenzisi abavela kwiiseva ezahlukeneyo ukuba banxibelelane ngaphandle komthungo. I-Mastodon ineempawu ze-microblogging ezifana ne-Twitter, okanye i-Weibo, nangona yahlukile kubo, kwaye ngokungafaniyo nesoftware eqhelekileyo njengeqonga lenkonzo, ayibanjwanga kwindawo esembindini. Umsebenzisi ngamnye ulilungu leseva ethile, esebenza ngokuzimeleyo. Abasebenzisi bathumela (ngokungagqibekanga) imiyalezo emifutshane ebizwa ngokuba “yi-toots” ukuze abanye bayibone, kwaye banokuhlengahlengisa useto lwabo lwabucala ngalunye. Ukhetho oluthile lwabucala lunokwahluka phakathi kweesayithi, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo lubandakanya imiyalezo ethe ngqo, abalandeli kuphela, esidlangalaleni kodwa abadweliswanga kwisondlo sikawonkewonke, kunye noluntu kwaye luthunyelwe kwisondlo soluntu. IMastodon mascot yimammoth emdaka okanye engwevu, ngamanye amaxesha iboniswa kusetyenziswa ithebhulethi okanye i-smartphone. Ngenxa yokuba akukho mncedisi omnye ophakathi weMastodon, iseva nganye yokusebenza inekhowudi yayo yokuziphatha, imigaqo yenkonzo, kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo yokumodareyitha endaweni yoko. Oku kwahluka kwiinethiwekhi zentlalo yoluntu ngokuvumela abasebenzisi ukuba bakhethe iseva ethile enemigaqo-nkqubo abavumelana nayo, okanye ukushiya iseva enemigaqo-nkqubo abangavumelani nayo, ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ukufikelela kwinethiwekhi yoluntu yaseMastodon.
Mastodon seem’s like a trade-free social network. Unlike Facebook, there are no ads and no data collection. The guy who’s developing it relies on donations and the fact that it’s decentralized with you being able to even run your own served node of mastodon makes it very trade-free. And in the settings you have the control to choose who can see your posts. Of course you need to create an account for Mastodon with your email address and any name, but I won’t consider that as a trade, since that’s the whole point of a social network – to keep in touch with your friends and socialize with other people – and you need an account for that, right?