Mastodon

Mastodon is a free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services with microblogging features similar to Twitter. It was created by Eugen Rochko (also known by his handle Gargron) and gained significant adoption in 2022 in the wake of Twitter's acquisition by Elon Musk.
==2016==
==2016–2017==
Mastodon got a new logo in October 2016, which replaced a previous one designed by the lead developer himself.https://www.patreon.com/posts/getting-closer-1-6906763https://www.patreon.com/posts/maintenance-6757233
==2017–2022==
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The speech bubble logo was replaced in August 2017.https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2017/08/m-for-mastodon/
==2022–present==
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Mastodon refreshed its website and branding in June 2022 in cooperation with design agency Oak Studios. While the logo itself hasn't changed much, the color has changed from a "ubiquitous social media blue to a more unique purple".https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/06/mastodon-branding-updates/
Founder, CEO and lead developer of Mastodon, Eugen "Gargron" Rochko, also opened a pull request on GitHub to update the branding of the platform.https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/18592
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