2024-02-13 UTC
# [snarfed] > Mastodon was built on the concept of interoperability and decentralization. Mastodon doesn't even know if the server on the other end is Mastodon or not, and does not care, as long as it speaks the same standard protocol, ActivityPub. To discriminate against non-Mastodon software would be antithetical to the project's values.