Truth Social TruthSocial.com built on Mastodon code, PC Magazine evaluation, Truth Social (Mastodon), “made up of independently operated servers running Mastodon's code”
Truth Social TruthSocial.com built on Mastodon code, PC Magazine evaluation, Truth Social (Mastodon), “made up of independently operated servers running Mastodon's code”
From PC Magazine.
“Trump's Truth Social Can Only Make Mastodon Stronger
The Trump-backed Twitter lookalike looks near to launch, and for better or worse, this will draw more attention than ever to my favorite social network.
Donald Trump Jr. this week posted a picture on Twitter which claimed to be the first post from the de-platformed former president on Truth Social, the older Trump's forthcoming Twitter clone. Did you forget about Truth Social? Me too. But the launch of a new far-right social media service might affect my personal favorite social media service, Mastodon.
I've been on Mastodon and other Fediverse sites for a long while now, and I've come to appreciate its laid-back feel compared to other social media platforms. It's developed its own communities and values, expressed in all kinds of ways, from its memes to embracing the use of image descriptions for screen readers. While it shares a technical link to Truth Social, Mastodon is its own thing and will only be made stronger from the attention given to Trump's project.
Related by Code
Why would one social network affect another? Truth Social is (apparently, and at least for now) built on Mastodon's code. Initially, the people behind Truth Social were cagey about its origins leading Mastodon to threaten a lawsuit. The team behind Truth Social then quietly admitted that it was indeed using Mastodon code, and the site currently has an open-source software page that refers to its product as "Truth Social (Mastodon)."
Mastodon isn't an island. For one thing, it's built on open-source code that anyone can use, which is why Truth Social is using it in the first place. For another, Mastodon isn't a monolithic entity like Twitter. Instead, it's made up of independently operated servers running Mastodon's code. Each of these servers can (but don't always) communicate with each other. These can also communicate with other services in a larger community of services called the Fediverse. With my account on the infosec.exchange server, I can see and communicate with users on mastodon.social, and even users of the social photo-sharing service Pixelfed.”