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Mastodon is compatible with all federated applications that use ActivityPub. These include Pleroma, another social application, PixelFed, a photo-sharing application, and PeerTube, a video-sharing application. Mastodon users can follow a PixelFed or PeerTube user from Mastodon.
Mastodon users used to be able to find their Twitter friends using `bridge.joinmastodon.org`, but the service was shut down after the developer lost access to API keys and was not granted another set. A user request for a global directory for [importing friends from other networks](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/11886).
All Mastodon user data is available for export.
Since Mastodon is one of the most widely used decentralized social applications, there are many user requests to extend interoperability. Some of these requests may be stalled by lack of developer resources and the challenge of upgrading decentralized protocols rather than by technical limitations. Some examples of requested interoperability features:
- To comment on a PeerTube post, a user needs to follow the link to that service. A request for [remote interaction](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/13822) with other federated services has been requested, but is not implemented.
- A global directory for [importing friends from other networks](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/11886)
### Scalability
Mastodon.Social, the instance started by Mastodon's main developer, initially became the server of choice for new users. The server architecture was [scaled up](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2017/04/scaling-mastodon/) several times, until new registrations were closed in 2017. He has now started mastodon.online to support more registrations. Anyone can run a Mastodon instance, but in practice, the majority of users have concentrated within a few.
When a surge of new users join an instance, server admins can run into scaling issues, as any web host who becomes unexpectedly popular does.
Another scalability issue is the resource requirements of Mastodon. As a monolithic web server and web app, it needs to run on a larger VPS. Mastodon hosting providers have emerged as a service to help individuals interested in being admins but without sysadmin experience to spin up servers. Pleroma, another federated social app, is a more minimal implementation that requires fewer resources to run.
Another scalability issue is the resource requirements of Mastodon. Mastodon hosting providers have emerged as a service to help individuals interested in being admins but without sysadmin experience to spin up servers. Pleroma, another federated social app, is advertised as a more minimal implementation good for single user instances that requires fewer resources to run.
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