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A Practical Comparison of Mastodon and Micro.blog

Many of us are looking at Twitter alternatives and there are two services that stand out: Micro.blog and Mastodon.

These services take different approaches, so choosing one is challenging. This page highlights some of the differences and is meant for non-nerds who don't want to get bogged down by implementation details. Every attempt has been made to be accurate, but some technical details are deliberately glossed over.

For more about similar services, see the Comparison of microblogging services on Wikipedia

Deliberately omitted from above: User counts, open source status, federation details

I'm not part of either project, so there may be mistakes in the table above. That's why this is on GitHub - please open an issue or send a pull request to correct any problems you find. If you are adding content, please do so for both platforms and link to your sources.

For other questions or to start a discussion, contact me on:

• https://mastodon.social/@DavidAnson
• https://micro.blog/DavidAnson
• https://twitter.com/DavidAns