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I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by rrix2 »

polynomial wrote: post #22
xupybd wrote: post #12

"The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape." This seems like an extreme view to me. It's not so bad

It also glosses over or ignores the fact that Discord is low key crushing it, and is hardly a "capitalist hellscape"

i would respond to this but i'm not paying enough Nitro credits to access those characters on my keyboard

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by lrvick »

naIak wrote: post #13
layer8 wrote: post #4

He’s also receiving €1 million as a one-time compensation. Not quite enough to retire on that.

Damn, where is Mastodon getting €1M from? Also where do you get from that you can't retire with €1M. It seems very feasible as long as you keep a frugal lifestyle.

€1M would not even cover the property tax to retire in the cheapest bay area home.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by dylan604 »

thinkingtoilet wrote: post #43
lapcat wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no power vacuum. There's now a Mastodon nonprofit organization with an executive director and leadership team.

So worse... a committee.

A committee from the beginning would definitely prevent something from really ever starting. Could you imagine Linus working under a committee to get Linux running?

At some point, you do have people that need to step back. If you turn it over to another single person, they could pivot and "ruin" the product. By turning it over to a committee, hopefully, any ruinous ideas get overruled. At least in theory

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by burningChrome »

Looks like the inmates won again:

Without linking to the posts, Rochko also mentioned that “a particularly bad interaction with a user last summer” led him to realize it was time to “step back and find a healthier relationship with the project.” It also drove the decision to restructure Mastodon.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by bhhaskin »

Mastodon has been great. The platform and generally most users aren't trying to constantly sell me something or influence me. It people sharing their lives, hobbies and passion. Influencers don't bother because it doesn't have the massive following and reach other platforms have, but that's part of what makes it special imo.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by jshen »

lapcat wrote: post #27
jshen wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It depends what the alternative is. A vacuum is worse for example.

There's no power vacuum. There's now a Mastodon nonprofit organization with an executive director and leadership team.

Right, and it's TBD if that will turn out to be more or less effective. I'm hopeful, but more voices isn't always better.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by amiga386 »

Fantastic!

Now he's not there to block progress [0], can we remove Mastodon's intentional DDoS please and just include the link preview in the toot. Add a disclaimer on the UI saying "link preview comes from toot" if it makes you happy. Then Mastodon can be a good web citizen and not a force for evil.

It's only been an open problem for 7 years. Nothing in the grand scheme of things.

[0] https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/4486#issuecommen...

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