June 17, 2026

Mastodon adds email newsletters so people who don’t want an account can still follow creators on the open social web

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Mastodon is betting that email, the oldest surviving communication protocol on the internet, can solve its biggest problem: reaching people who will never create a fediverse account. The open-source social network released version 4.6 on Tuesday, and...