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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 ekjhgkejhgk »

periodjet wrote: post #26

> The fediverse is an island within an increasingly dystopian capitalist hellscape. It’s telling that people like this who use “capitalism” as a pejorative never have any compelling alternative to offer beyond “let experts in the state micromanage everyone and everything”.

> It’s telling that people like this who use “capitalism” as a pejorative never have any compelling alternative to offer beyond “let experts in the state micromanage everyone and everything”.

He literally built something that doesn't involve experts, or the state, or micromanaging anyone or anything.

Is this a new talking point you just learned about?

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Post by ekjhgkejhgk »

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"

It's better than the vast majority of social media, but it's still a walled garden. I wouldn't use it for anything important to me.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by BeetleB »

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.

Depends on your age and where you live. If you're single, no kids, and don't need healthcare, sure.

Where I live (not expensive like SV), they recommend $90K+ to "live comfortably".

A 1 bedroom apartment is $19K/year. Insurance rates vary widely, but premium + deductible - you may want to assume $10K/year. So you're already at $30K without eating, Internet, utility bills and transportation.

I'm sure one could live off of that 1M if fairly frugal, but it's not what most people want.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by layer8 »

nrhrjrjrjtntbt wrote: post #19
naIak wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Why is retiring mentioned? Most jobs pay zero when you leave so 1M is cool.

He was the founder and head of the company, so probably wouldn’t have had to step down if he didn’t want to.

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Post by ekjhgkejhgk »

guywithahat wrote: post #18
0dayman wrote: post #9

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Yeah he did a lot of harm to the community by expending so much of his effort on segregating communities. I understand what he was going for but I think it was both the wrong tone and the wrong tools, and it crippled the growth of the fediverse

> expending so much of his effort on segregating communities

Wanna tell us more about this? I'm out of the loop.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by SunshineTheCat »

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 know this is kinda a grampa thing to say, but can you imagine timemachining a farmer from 100 years ago to today's "capitalist hellscape" and ordering him a burger on Uber Eats...

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Post by INTPenis »

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

I think it's a great quote. Even bsky is part of the problem until regular people can host nodes in it.

Fedi is never going to be consistent, but it's also always going to be accessible to everyone. And therefore truly by the people for the people.

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