"Mastodon is decentralized: instead of a single website, it’s a network of thousands of independently run servers – each with their own moderators and users – who can interact with each other’s posts, called 'toots'..."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/18/mastodon-users-twitter-elon-musk-social-media
John the Mastadon changed "toot" to "post" in his apps months ago. We're never going to live that down...
OTOH...
... the author did notice that...
"Other social media services can connect to ActivityPub as well, so no one app can monopolize the broader network that Mastodon is part of, called the 'fediverse'."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/18/mastodon-users-twitter-elon-musk-social-media
Yay!