Mastodon

Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.

Mastodon has grown rapidly as an alternative for Twitter users who are unhappy with Musk’s overhaul of Twitter since he bought the company [for $44 billion in late October](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/04/25/elon-musk-twitter-ownership-deal/7437519001/) and began restoring accounts that ran afoul of the previous Twitter leadership's rules against hateful conduct and other harms. “I won’t say I didn’t anticipate it,” Lorenz said in a phone interview early Sunday with The Associated Press. Lorenz said she and another Post technology reporter were researching an article concerning Musk. [in a Sunday tweet.](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616863673208832?s=20&t=KrG8scRJKIq7OPfQ7cMFRg) He followed up with a Twitter poll asking if he should step down from the head of Twitter, which closed Monday [with 57.5% of 17.5 million votes saying "yes." Many of those accounts were restored following an online poll by Musk. He then took aim at journalists who were writing about the jet-tracking account, which can still be found on other sites including Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram and Truth Social, alleging that they were broadcasting “basically assassination coordinates.” ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/12/19/elon-musk-polls-twitter-users-whether-he-should-stay-charge/10924009002/) [the @ElonJet controversy](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/12/17/elon-musk-elonjet-creator-after-twitter-banned-his-account/10911967002/). Won’t happen again," Musk said "Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. Musk apologized for the policy change after it received backlash online. [and Mastodon.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/11/16/twitter-alternative-mastodon-social-network/8303119001/)