FT Front page: Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to protect non-profit status Twitter rival Mastodon has rejected more than five investment offers from Silicon Valley venture capital firms in recent months, as its founder pledged to protect the fast-growing social media platform’s non-profit status. With that headline the FT managed to simultaneously raise what could be seen as a small decision point in VC Land but also raises discussion on social networking to the fore. There is also the small matter of Musk but I am going to ignore that and stay on the business prospects and implications here. Why is … Continue reading Thoughts on future of Social Media