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title: "Mastodon adds email newsletters so people who don’t want an account can still follow creators on the open social web"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/mastodon-adds-email-newsletters-so-people-who-don-t-want-an-account-can-still-follow-creators-on-the-rvgxnrrs5
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/mastodon-4-6-email-newsletters-collections-fediverse-growth
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2026-06-17T18:47:33.278Z
updated: 2026-06-17T18:47:53.912Z
tags: ["open-source", "social-media", "mastodon", "fediverse"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Mastodon adds email newsletters so people who don’t want an account can still follow creators on the open social web

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Mastodon 4.6 introduces email newsletters, allowing creators to reach subscribers who don't have fediverse accounts. The feature is opt-in and permission-gated due to server cost concerns, targeting institutional users like the European Commission and German state governments. The release also adds Collections — shareable curated profile lists of up to 25 accounts with abuse-prevention controls — and a redesigned profile editing experience. Accessibility improvements were partly sponsored by the Dutch government. With only 735K monthly active users compared to Bluesky's 44.8M and Threads' 450M+, Mastodon hopes email can bridge the gap between the open social web and mainstream audiences without requiring new account creation.

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