What happened last summer? (I couldn't find anything on it)
I know we must have some terminally online fediverse users here. One of them must have an idea what he is alluding to.
I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon
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#62Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon
#63Looks 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.
I would never, ever want to have anything to do with running any kind of online community these days, or even anything adjacent to one.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
unfortunately he can only pay you back in 1925 dollars so youll have to take the dime as down payment and get the farmer enrolled in a BNPL
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#65He’s also receiving €1 million as a one-time compensation. Not quite enough to retire on that.
Here's more information on that: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/the-future-is-ours-to-...
> For our team, a vital aspect of getting this restructuring right was making sure that Eugen was compensated fairly for Mastodon’s brand trademark, assets, and the 10 years he spent building Mastodon into what it is today (while taking less than a fair market salary). Based on replacement costs, Eugen’s time and effort, and the fair market value of the Mastodon brand, its associated properties, and the social network, we settled on a one-time compensation of EUR 1M.
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#66He’s also receiving €1 million as a one-time compensation. Not quite enough to retire on that.
You're assuming zero savings to begin with, which is a weird assumption.
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#67Found it interesting they've lost status as a non-profit for tax exemption in Germany, and now establish a non-profit in the US for attracting investors while dev and ops remain in a German gGmbH.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
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...
Yeah, he'd spit it out because it tastes like corn-fed, feed-lot crap.
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#69He’s also receiving €1 million as a one-time compensation. Not quite enough to retire on that.
Here's more information on that: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/the-future-is-ours-to-... > For our team, a vital aspect of getting this restructuring right was making sure that Eugen was compensated fairly for Mastodon’s brand trademark, assets, and the 10 years he spent building Mastodon into what it is today (while taking less than a fair market salary). Based on replacement costs, Eugen’s time and effort,…
Was already linked here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45971902
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#70Godspeed, John Mastodon
Haha, you might have slexdyia.