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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 181 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago

He's no Tim Apple.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 48 points 1 year ago

Or Jennifer Facebook.

[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Or Lenard TikTok III.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Zhang Wei can change his name to whatever the fuck he wants he'll still ve Zhang Wei TikTok

[-] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Please, "Mr. TikTok" was my father, call me Zhang.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 52 points 1 year ago

You can see exactly what he made in 2023. The report is available here.

€60k

[-] slampisko@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

I read that url as blog.johnmastodon.org and for a second I was seriously wondering if that name was real lol

[-] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 35 points 1 year ago

Not now, but in the future that was a possibility.

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

Are you in a space/career where you could conceivably interact with Zendaya?

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 year ago

mass market media can only understand the world through the lens of mass market media

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

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