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Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg (arstechnica.com)
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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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[-] Microw@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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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