U.S. election results - a critical moment for Mastodon (Patreon)

Patrons and Mastodonians,

Two years ago, Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion and rapidly corrupted the platform through extensive layoffs and hobbled content moderation. No wonder hate speech and misinformation have flourished on the platform now known as X.

In response, many of you sought an open, secure social media alternative, and joined Mastodon. Crucially, your recurring donations have enabled us to sustain our mission while our user base has grown to over 7.3 million accounts.

Today, with the recent U.S. election results, our work is more important than ever. 

The scenario of turning X into an ‘app for everything’, following the Chinese example of WeChat, was previously blocked by regulations. Once Elon Musk has privileged access to the Whitehouse, those hurdles may fall.

Unlike other platforms centrally operated out of the U.S. for a profit of a few, Mastodon is and always will be independent, decentralised, and globally distributed, but our vital mission depends on your support.

Your donations have already accelerated Mastodon’s development by funding two new full-time hires this year, bringing our full-time team to five, but there is still so much work to do.

With additional funding, we will grow our team and be able to apply more effort faster to sustain a safer and more resilient network, including:

Enhancing our trust and safety tools, like moderation and server blocklists

Usability improvements

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Thank you for your continued support. Please consider topping up your commitment today by donating what you can or increasing your recurring donation by a dollar or two.

It only takes a minute to fuel a mission that empowers millions.

Thank you,

The Mastodon team and Plushtodon