Mozilla announced it will shut down its Mastodon server, Mozilla.social, on December 17, allowing users to download their data or migrate to another instance.

This decision follows Mozilla’s strategic shift to focus on Firefox and AI, scaling back on other projects like VPN, Relay, and its involvement in the fediverse.

Mozilla.social had only 270 active users at the time of the announcement, and Mozilla plans to take a more modest approach to participating in the Mastodon ecosystem in the future.