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What is Mastodon? ChatGPT said: Mastodon is like Twitter’s artsy, decentralized cousin who refuses to attend family reunions unless they’re held in a forest. It’s a social network, but instead of being run by one big corporation that sells your eyeballs to advertisers, it's a federation of independently operated servers, called "instances." Sounds impressive, right? Almost like it’s part of the United Nations of Oversharing. Each instance can have its own rules, vibe, and moderation policies. People can still follow each other across instances, though—like pen pals in the '90s but with memes and hot takes. The point is: it’s social media for people who like the idea of yelling into the void but want that void to be a little more ethical and a lot more complicated to explain to their parents.