Newsmast. Powered by Mastodon 3.2.0

The Newsmast app offers users an integrated experience featuring their Mastodon account, home timeline, and hand-curated communities. This platform focuses on significant topics, fostering a diverse and democratic environment aimed at creating safe, committed communities that aspire to effect societal change.

A notable feature of Newsmast is its integration of content from the user's home server with knowledge-sharing communities curated by Newsmast itself, all hosted on the customized Mastodon instance, newsmast.social. This approach eliminates the typical practices of content scraping or aggregation; instead, community content is sourced exclusively from Newsmast users or via federation. Moreover, moderation is enforced through the Oliphant Tier 0 blocklist, alongside filters designed to exclude NSFW material, cryptocurrency discussions, and hate speech, supported by oversight from a dedicated human moderation team.

Users can effortlessly engage across both servers through functionalities such as liking, reposting, responding, following, bookmarking, and adding to lists. A key aspect of this user experience includes the ability to post within communities and share content with followers while automatically appending relevant hashtags.

Newsmast operates under the auspices of the Newsmast Foundation, a charitable organization committed to transforming social media for the better. The foundation champions the efforts of journalists, academics, charities, NGOs, and amplifies diverse voices, including those from marginalized communities and individuals actively engaged in various social issues. By bringing together facts, knowledge, and ideas, Newsmast aims to address some of the most pressing challenges faced globally.