"The changes follow the expansion of Mastodon's core development team over the past 18 months to include people with experience across web and mobile and backend, as well as the hiring of a dedicated designer, according to a new blog post co-authored by Mastodon's technical director, Renaud Chaput, and product designer, Imani Joy. The post outlines the app's future direction."
"The app, which is part of the fediverse - a larger, decentralized social web operating on the ActivityPub protocol - was thrust back into the spotlight when Elon Musk acquired Twitter, now called X, in October 2022. Since then, it has seen occasional growth spurts, but has often struggled to retain new users due to its more complicated setup. On Mastodon, you don't simply create an account with a username and password; you also have to pick a server to join - an additional step"
Mastodon expanded its core development team over 18 months and hired a dedicated designer to improve web, mobile, and backend experience. The platform plans changes to make onboarding more approachable for newcomers and to launch creator-focused features. The fediverse runs on ActivityPub and Mastodon gained attention after Elon Musk acquired Twitter (now X) in October 2022, producing growth spurts. Mastodon struggles to retain new users because account creation requires choosing a server, an extra step that confuses many. Monthly active users range from roughly 750,000 to 1 million depending on trackers and site figures. New updates will promote smaller servers and add admin tools to ease maintenance and moderation.
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