PR, reputation and narrative · Social and review sources

Mastodon

Licence or access: AGPL-3.0 server; per-instance APIs

status interface: AGPL-3.0 server; per-instance APIs
appropriate use: public per-instance accounts/hashtags/statuses → JSON/stream
limits and stop rules: default around 300 requests/5 min but instance-specific; partial fediverse visibility; exclude private/unlisted targets
official source: API · Limits

Official sources

API https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/
Limits https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/rate-limits/

Catalogued at the 2026-09-01 research baseline. Verify the licence, free-tier limits, API schema and source terms again before deployment, and record a version-pinned registry entry for whatever you select.

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