Mastodon Struggles to Launch Newsletters on Its Decentralized Network

Mastodon is trying to add newsletters, but runs into a hard problem. Unlike centralized platforms, Mastodon operates across many independent servers. Sending newsletters to readers scattered across those servers—and handling unsubscribe requests or bounces—requires reworking the underlying system. Competing service Ghost already offers newsletters. Whether Mastodon can pull it off depends on solid engineering.