John Mastodon
About
John Mastodon is a fediverse meme which arose on 2022-12-16 when a Mediaite writer reporting on user-bans at X-Twitter apparently[1] misread the name of the "Join Mastodon" account[2]. The fediverse soon spotted this, and promptly wrote the legend into existence.
Footnotes
- ↑ 2022-12-16 "Hypocrisy and Fear All the Way Down at Twitter": @GhostArchive -- the original article was quickly corrected, but fedi was quicker.
- ↑ ...which still exists as of this writing on 2025-12-17, although it is no longer listed on the official Join Mastodon site.