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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 mikepurvis »

lutoma wrote: post #74
tannhaeuser wrote: post #67

Found 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.

My understanding is that the non-profit in the US exists exclusively to handle fundraising from US donors who might not be able to give to non-US organizations for tax reasons.

Or for a tax receipt. I give modestly to Wikipedia, but their lack of a Canadian entity means I direct the bulk of my giving toward entities that I get the CRA kickback for.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by bluGill »

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.

Because that is the common thing someone will do when they get what looks like a large sum of money. It isn't the only option, but it is a common one.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by mminer237 »

lrvick wrote: post #52
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.

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

Uh, that's one of the most expensive places to live in the world. That's kind of the opposite of frugal. It's very doable in most of the US, as that's almost double what most retired people have, let alone the rest of the world.

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by [deleted] »

amiga386 wrote: post #60

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/m…

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Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by lutoma »

amiga386 wrote: post #60

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/m…

This comment is a great illustration of the needlessly hostile interactions mentioned in the blog post.

There's a nuanced technical discussion about the merits of adding this to Mastodon and whether the effort would really be worth it. Eugen made some reasonable points against it.

But instead of engaging with the discussion in good faith, people like you automatically assume the worst intentions and claim Eugen personally is "blocking progress" like there's some grand conspiracy (Instead of the much more boring reality of limited dev time and having to prioritize things).

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by cntlzw »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #50
edm0nd wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still enough to have a good lil nest egg that generates okay-ish passive income if invested correctly. @ 4% that's €40k/year more than what most regular people have

Does he not have to pay taxes on that 1m euros in the eu?

Absolutely. That is either "Teileinkünfteverfahren" (60% of 1 Million EUR are taxed, 40% are tax-exempt) or "Abgeltungssteuer" (Government takes a 25% cut). Fun fact: there is no tax on winning the lottery in Germany!

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by deathanatos »

memorydial wrote: post #70
m-hodges wrote: post #3

Godspeed, John Mastodon

Haha, you might have slexdyia.

I think it's more the keming of the domain portion of the HN title, especially combined with HN's rather small font size choice (it's a meager 8pt¹!) there, and that it just happens that the mis-kemed result ends up with "John Mastodon", and is thus not trivially noticeable as "wrong"…

(I read it the same way, too.)

(¹I personally have a browser override for HN's tiny font choice; I thought that 12pt was the universally agreed upon "base text" point size, and "10pt" was "small text", but HN's "normal" is 9pt.)

Re: I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon

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Post by mk89 »

kjkjadksj wrote: post #50
edm0nd wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still enough to have a good lil nest egg that generates okay-ish passive income if invested correctly. @ 4% that's €40k/year more than what most regular people have

Does he not have to pay taxes on that 1m euros in the eu?

Sure he does. He lives in Germany. They are gonna rip that 1 million apart.
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