{"id":71953,"date":"2023-05-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=71953"},"modified":"2023-05-03T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T21:22:03","slug":"mozilla-social-mastodon-private-beta-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/mozilla\/mozilla-social-mastodon-private-beta-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"The internet deserves a better answer to social"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The internet isn\u2019t just about browsers. Browsers are a critical part of the human experience on the internet and will always be core to our work at Mozilla. But the internet is bigger than browsers \u2014 it\u2019s every piece of content, app and experience on your device. Our mission will always be to make the internet better for everyone, and because of that, just like with browsers over the last quarter century, we need to show a better way forward in problematic areas over the next 25 years. And today, I\u2019m thrilled to share a new area of experimentation for us \u2014 social. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love it or hate it, there\u2019s no denying that social media is a huge part of our lives. At its best, it\u2019s how we connect with one another across space and time, discover new ideas, learn what\u2019s happening in the world, and get introduced to content that makes us feel. It provides critical services, like alerting us to catastrophic weather or that the train you\u2019re waiting for is delayed. It\u2019s helped chip away at traditional power dynamics, giving a public platform to voices that haven\u2019t had one before and offering a way for us to have influence over the powers and decision-markers that shape our lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, look, at the risk of being both dramatic and cliched, social is broken. Most of those great things I just mentioned are\u2026well none of them are working super well right now, are they? Things are primed for experimentation and a new direction, and we believe the Fediverse is central to that. Why? Because it moves power away from big tech companies and into the hands of diverse voices to build a social platform that meets people\u2019s needs, not shareholders\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, we announced we\u2019re dipping our toes into the world of Mastodon<\/a>. Today, we\u2019re expanding Mozilla.social to a private beta. We\u2019ve put a lot of work into getting to this stage, but there is a lot more to do before we open it up more broadly. We\u2019re making a long-term investment because we think we can contribute to making Mastodon, and social media generally, better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll notice a big difference in our content moderation approach compared to other major social media platforms. We\u2019re not building another self-declared \u201cneutral\u201d platform. We believe that far too often, \u201cneutrality\u201d is used as an excuse to allow behaviors and content that\u2019s designed to harass and harm those from communities that have always faced harassment and violence. Our content moderation plan is rooted in the goals and values expressed in our Mozilla Manifesto \u2014 human dignity, inclusion, security, individual expression and collaboration. We understand that individual expression is often seen, particularly in the US, as an absolute right to free speech at any cost. Even if that cost is harm to others. We do not subscribe to this view. We want to be clear about this. We\u2019re building an awesome sandbox for us all to play in, but it comes with rules governing how we engage with one another. You\u2019re completely free to go elsewhere if you don\u2019t like them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d love to say those rules will be perfect on day one, but they won\u2019t and we know they never will be. But we\u2019re going to create a way to have a dialogue with the community we want to form, and to be open about what we\u2019re learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s most important to us is that the people who use our instance feel like their experience brings back more of what makes social great \u2013 and reduces the muck that has made it horrible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will take us a while, especially because we\u2019re committed to doing it in the open and with the community that already exists. Many other areas of the experience are ripe for experimentation \u2013 onboarding, discovery, identity, monetization just to name a few \u2013 so expect more from us soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re interested in joining mozilla.social<\/a> as we continue to expand it, join our waitlist<\/a>. Or get involved in your own way\u2013join in, give feedback, create your own instance. We could not be more excited about this, and can\u2019t wait to work with all of you to build something that\u2019s better for all of humanity.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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