The Legend of John Mastodon

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Taylor Lorenz
@[email protected]

Mediaite right wing writer Isaac Schorr misread the Twitter account @joinmastodon as "John Mastodon," and referred to him as the founder of the platform in his article:

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/hypocrisy-and-fear-all-the-way-down-at-twitter

Many folks on Mastodon are having fun creating John Mastodon myths and photoshops, I tell you what.

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1. He's a multi-billionaire I understand. nt

[oioioi]

2. They are having a field day with this - #johnmastodon is the #1 tag ...

plenty of laughs

link to feed (should be viewable without Mastodon account): https://masto.ai/tags/johnmastodon

[DFW]

3. Is he a direct descendant of the fourth president of the United States?

James Mastodon, who wrote much of the Constitution, and succeeded Thomas Jefferson as president. The capital of Wisconsin is named after him.

Rallies are held in New York at Mastodon Square Garden, often attended by advertising execs from Mastodon Avenue.

i may not have the spelling just right..........

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4. Stole this meme

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[regnaD kciN]

7. And *I* stole it from you...

…and posted it to a “burner” Twitter account I’ve had for a few years. Let’s see how long it lasts.

[lindysalsagal]

16. Love it!

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5. oh oh, elon is after John Mastodon

God :verified:
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@elonjet going to germany to beg #JohnMastodon to shut down mastodon

Dec 17, 2022, 19:08 · · Mastodon for iOS ·

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[Emrys]

6. What a gift! This is how memes are born. n/t

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8. This one is good

GayDeceiver✨
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John Mastodon, not Edmund Hillary, was the first person to reach the top of Mount Everest. It was never recorded anywhere because he was rip-roaring drunk at the time and he has never wanted the spotlight on him.

#OtherThingsJohnMastodonDid #HashtagGames



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9. more

Ernie Smith
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#JohnMastodon would not have banned Taylor Lorenz.

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10. Mastodon ... John Mastodon.

Ham on Wry
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Mastodon ... John Mastodon.

#johnmastodon





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11. There is also Joan Mastodon

Magpieblog
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@annaleen I had to locate the original targets for hundreds of dead links, but I finally found this image of Joan Mastodon holding the newly manufactured federatium core that powers Mastodon to this day.





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[TheBlackAdder]

12. Or Joni Mastodon.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. ACCURACY is an important tenet of journalism.

It’s like learning to write good.

[oioioi]

14. Who is John Mastodon?

https://mas.to/tags/johnmastodon

John's home page (now blocked by twitter): https://joinmastodon.org/

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15. #JohnMastodon

@[email protected]
#JohnMastodon



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