Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.
His grand vision remains to leave Mastodon users in control of the social network, making their own decisions about what content is allowed or what appears in their timelines.
I don't use Mastadon cause I don't care for micro-blogging, but nevertheless, I like this.
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While this is a good move, I don't think John Mastodon was making anywhere near the kind of money to turn into the next Musk or Zuck to begin with.
The point isnt money. The point is the "benevolent dictator" model, see Matt Mullenweg and the current WordPress controversy. The whole future of that software depends on this guy because he controls the most important assets (like the trademarks) personally.
Eugen and the whole Mastodon development team want to avoid a situation like that.
He's no Tim Apple.
Or Jennifer Facebook.
Or Lenard TikTok III.
Zhang Wei can change his name to whatever the fuck he wants he'll still ve Zhang Wei TikTok
Please, "Mr. TikTok" was my father, call me Zhang.
You can see exactly what he made in 2023. The report is available here.
€60k
I read that url as blog.johnmastodon.org and for a second I was seriously wondering if that name was real lol
Not now, but in the future that was a possibility.
I mean in the future it's a possibility I'll be fucking Zendaya but that doesn't mean it's reality now does it?
Are you in a space/career where you could conceivably interact with Zendaya?
Yeah, I don't get it. Mastodon is already huge with millions of users and hundreds of instances. Rochko is already on speaking terms with Zendaya, if you will.
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