TOKYO -- In February, a server administrator at Misskey, a Japanese Twitter-like social media service, noticed something strange: A huge number of users were complaining that they couldn't join his server. A few moments later, he found out that the email system had stopped responding due to a surge of requests to join.
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'Post-Twitter' decentralized social media struggles for way forward
Japan's Misskey shows it can be tough to scale up passion projects
Proponents of decentralized social media platforms like Mastodon and Misskey say such services can empower smaller online communities. (Source photos by Getty and logo from Misskey's website)
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