{"id":6930,"date":"2017-07-19T15:22:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T15:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2017-07-10T15:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T15:24:06","slug":"linked-mastodon-social-is-an-open-source-twitter-competitor-thats-growing-like-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/19\/linked-mastodon-social-is-an-open-source-twitter-competitor-thats-growing-like-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Mastodon.social is an open-source Twitter competitor that\u2019s growing like crazy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2813,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theverge.com\\\/2017\\\/4\\\/4\\\/15177856\\\/mastodon-social-network-twitter-clone&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251010031628\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.theverge.com\\\/2017\\\/4\\\/4\\\/15177856\\\/mastodon-social-network-twitter-clone&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 01:50:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-12 20:35:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 10:48:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 20:55:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 00:34:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 22:22:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 22:22:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/4\/4\/15177856\/mastodon-social-network-twitter-clone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via The Verge<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>To fund the project, Rochko set up a Patreon account, which is currently paying him about $1,000 a month. (Monthly hosting costs for Mastodon are currently around $100.) \u201cI\u2019m not doing this to get rich,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m doing this because I think it\u2019s right. I only want to be able to pay my rent and insurance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So far, the Patreon is covering his expenses. But if the service continues to grow, that could change. In the meantime, he\u2019s encouraging users to set up their own instances of Mastodon, which will spread the costs out among the user base.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I hope they succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via The Verge: To fund the project, Rochko set up a Patreon account, which is currently paying him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-07-19T15:23:21Z","apple_news_api_id":"6852376e-85f6-46ff-bc5e-29502157c7b5","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-07-19T15:23:23Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AaFI3boX2Rv-8XilQIVfHtQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1NM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11763,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2023\/01\/06\/linked-stammy-on-mastodon\/","url_meta":{"origin":6930,"position":0},"title":"Linked: Stammy on Mastodon","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Paul Stamatiou: I\u2019m hoping that the recent interest in Mastodon will get people to start thinking more about taking control of their data and online identity. 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