Mozilla.social
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mozilla.social is Mozilla's fediverse instance, built using open source from Mastodon & Elk, and currently an exploration in private beta. See https://mozilla.social/about for more info.
Source code is available:
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Notable Accounts
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- See: Mastodon#Mozillians
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Articles
Articles about mozilla.social (most recent first)
- 2023-11-09 Basic Web Guy: Mozilla Wants to Create a Kinder Social Network
Mozilla.Social is relying on aggressive content moderation to create a social platform that's welcoming, open, and kind.
- 2023-11-07 ReadWrite: Rethinking social networking with fediverse
This new Mastodon server not only expands the fediverse ecosystem but also promotes increased engagement and communication among technology enthusiasts who appreciate digital freedom and sovereignty.
- 2023-11-03 TechCrunch: Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future
- Lemmy discussion: https://lemmy.world/post/7752192
- 2023-05-04 TechCrunch: Mozilla expands its Mastodon investment with beta launch of its own highly moderated server
- 2023-05-04 The Verge: Mozilla’s setting up shop on Mastodon and trying to reinvent content moderation / It’s a social network that doesn’t try to be neutral and isn’t attempting to preserve free speech. It’s trying to make the internet a nicer place to be.
- 2023-05-04 BGR: Mozilla wants to build a better social media platform inside of Mastodon
Discussion
- 2023-09-29 Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37697795
- 2023-03-09 Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/11n95ob/mozillasocial_mastodon_instance_is_up/
Blog posts
Mozilla blog posts about mozilla.social (most recent first)
- 2023-05-04 The internet deserves a better answer to social
- 2022-12-20 Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative
Past
MozFest 2023
There was a related session at MozFest 2023:
- 2023-03-22 8-9am PDT: Dialogues & Debates: Making the Fediverse
- Announcing Blog post: Announcing the MozFest 2023 Dialogues & Debates: Making the Fediverse | Wednesday, March 22 @ 11am ET / 5pm CET
- Post about the session: Watching #MozFest session Dialogues & Debates: Making the Fediverse
…panelist @stevetex@mozilla.social (@stevetex) just announced that we (#Mozilla) are standing up a #Mastodon instance, starting with limited sign-ups.
