Ancestors

Written by Mastodon on 2025-01-13 at 10:15

Today Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control. #MastodonNonProfit

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/

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Written by Mastodon on 2025-01-13 at 10:15

Eugen's vision for Mastodon was centered on user choice, community, and freedom. Now, we're formalizing that commitment with the formation of a new European non-profit entity. Eugen will transition to an alternative role in the team, with a new CEO to be announced very soon. Stay tuned for updates on these changes.

[#]MastodonNonProfit

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Written by Mastodon on 2025-01-13 at 10:16

Our core mission remains the same: create tools and spaces for authentic online communities. No changes to your user experience, just a stronger commitment to transparency and community-driven governance. Join us on this journey!

[#]MastodonNonProfit

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Written by Mastodon on 2025-01-13 at 10:16

We're not just building a social network, we're building a community. Communities thrive when everyone contributes. We're growing our operating budget to invest in our contribution to the Fediverse as a whole, including our commitment to trust and safety, and user experience. Donate to support this vision!

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors#donate

[#]MastodonNonProfit

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Toot

Written by Mastodon on 2025-01-13 at 10:16

Transparency is a key part of our transition to non-profit ownership. Follow us to stay informed about our progress, priorities, and the move to community-driven governance. Together, we're building a safer, more open Fediverse. Join us 🙂

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/

[#]MastodonNonProfit

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Descendants

Written by Phil Betts on 2025-01-13 at 10:23

@Mastodon love to see people living their values. Thanks for all you're doing!

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Written by {Insert Pasta Pun} on 2025-01-13 at 11:03

@philbetts @Mastodon so glad it's going the opposite of the WordPress drama

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Written by Cassandrich on 2025-01-13 at 13:05

@risottobias @philbetts @Mastodon This. 👆

If there's ever a risk that you're going to become the next Matt, this is what you do to stop yourself.

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Written by Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתו on 2025-01-13 at 10:57

@Mastodon Great to see that core #Mastodon organisations are planning to stay outside of the US given the current developments there.

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Written by Dominic :snoo: on 2025-01-13 at 11:21

@Mastodon Thank you Mastodon staff.

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Written by Captain Jack Sparrow on 2025-01-13 at 12:01

@Mastodon

unless you happen to condemn the genocide of Gaza or the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

[#]Gazagenocide

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Written by Thibault Molleman 🔜 FOSDEM on 2025-01-13 at 14:41

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Mastodon

(to be clear, I agree that the situation in Gaza being a genocide)

But that's what Mastodon is trying to say here: You can own your town square. It's up to the instance you're on to decide or you can make your own instance. There is no limit to having your voice be approved by the big corporate overlords of Facebook/Twitter etc....

That's exactly what they're saying here ..

EDIT: Didn't see blogpost also mentions the big two servers. my bad

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Written by ombremad on 2025-01-13 at 16:55

@Mastodon @Captain_Jack_Sparrow @thibaultmol you might not be aware of how mastodon.social moderation has been aggressively suppressing Palestinian voices then

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Written by Thibault Molleman 🔜 FOSDEM on 2025-01-13 at 16:58

@ombremad @Mastodon @Captain_Jack_Sparrow I have heard things about that yeah. But that's why i'm saying: There is mastodon.social and there is mastodon the software.

This post they made is about the software.

There is nothing in the software that limits this speech

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Written by ombremad on 2025-01-13 at 17:00

@thibaultmol @Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Mastodon no, this is about the whole structure, that is managing both the software and the services. (Which is another issue entirely btw)

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Written by FinchHaven on 2025-01-13 at 18:51

@thibaultmol

"There is nothing in the software that limits this speech"

There are, however, very real limits set by the specific people --> administrating <-- the software

Which is what you don't want to admit

Interesting…

cc @ombremad @Mastodon @Captain_Jack_Sparrow

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Written by Thibault Molleman 🔜 FOSDEM on 2025-01-13 at 18:56

@FinchHaven @ombremad @Mastodon @Captain_Jack_Sparrow

.... I already mentioned in my previous post that I am aware of the moderation happening on mastodon.social. most of them I agree with and some of them I don't.... You don't need to try and think I'm pro Israel... I already said I agree with gaza being a genocide.

The software has moderation tools in place, and it's up to the instance managers to determine what those moderation settings should be.

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Written by ombremad on 2025-01-13 at 19:29

@thibaultmol @Captain_Jack_Sparrow @FinchHaven @Mastodon but you seem to misunderstand the fact that Mastodon, as a company, is responsible for this, not just for the software. And you stop replying when we tell you that you’re wrong about it. That’s not a great online behavior tbh.

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Written by Thibault Molleman 🔜 FOSDEM on 2025-01-13 at 19:59

@ombremad @Captain_Jack_Sparrow @FinchHaven @Mastodon I already agreed with everyone on that.....

Mastodon.Social blocking gaza discussions is bad....

And i've already agreed multiple times in this thread that I agree that Gaza is a genocide....

(about me not replying to the previous post: I genuinely missed it. I was getting many notifications and it slipped through... please don't assume just because I miss one message that I'm ignoring it on purpose....)

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Written by Thibault Molleman 🔜 FOSDEM on 2025-01-13 at 20:00

@ombremad @Captain_Jack_Sparrow @FinchHaven @Mastodon

The post indeed covers mastodon.social and mastodon.online moderation which I missed. so fair enough!

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Written by Sally Strange on 2025-01-13 at 19:38

@thibaultmol

"There is nothing in the software that limits this speech."

Let go of the deceptive idea of "the tech itself." The truth is that there is nothing "in" the software at all. Its only animating force is the people using it. Trying to separate technology from people is a fool's errand at best; it actively covers up bad deeds done by people using technology to do them at worst.

@ombremad @Mastodon @Captain_Jack_Sparrow

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Written by Thibault Molleman 🔜 FOSDEM on 2025-01-13 at 20:03

@SallyStrange @ombremad @Mastodon @Captain_Jack_Sparrow as I mentioned in a previous reply. I had skipped over the blogpost also talking about the two main servers they have. (I knew the existed obv, just read over the section of the blogpost where they talked about them).

So I understand the reason for the original reply better now.

I don't want else to reply honestly

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Written by Sally Strange on 2025-01-13 at 21:47

@thibaultmol

Thanks for the additional context. Really I was just ranting a bit about a framework I see as flawed and also way too common.

@ombremad @Mastodon @Captain_Jack_Sparrow

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Written by Matze Schmidt on 2025-01-13 at 19:51

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Mastodon There is no genocide and no cleansing. It is a war, since 1948. And of course the bourgeoisie of Israel is interested in just as the bourgeoisie of Gaza. Genocide happens to be the old blaming. See e.g. Poliakovs book From Moscow to Beirut.

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Written by ✨easily traumatized nihilist✨ on 2025-01-13 at 21:34

@matzeschmidt @Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Mastodon there's no fucking bourgeoisie of gaza lmfao they are completely asymmetrical entities. This is a hilariously misguided analysis that completely lacks the necessary history & nuance.

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Written by KevinOnEarth on 2025-01-14 at 02:06

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @Mastodon

If I see that happening here then I'm done.

10,000s of CHILDREN ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED. And the boss person wants to hush-hush that?

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Written by Captain Jack Sparrow on 2025-01-14 at 02:48

@Quantillion @Mastodon

💯

unfortunately I can't see parasitic fascists like musk and zuckerberg going down without a fight

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Written by Apan on 2025-01-13 at 12:12

@Mastodon "We believe social media should help users build bridges, not walls. " yeah right. The rampant fediblocking is nothing but just a wall. Mastodon just ain't go a valid alternative to big tech unless they seriously change their blocking and censorship policies.

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Written by Phoenix Paulina Schmid on 2025-01-13 at 12:19

@Apan Then go to the teams of the specific instances and not @Mastodon themselves. They can't control what instances block which other instances.

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Written by Ben Royce 🇺🇦 on 2025-01-13 at 12:49

@Apan @Mastodon

let me guess:

FSB disinfo isn't showing up as much as you would like?

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Written by Yours Truly! Unruly on 2025-01-13 at 12:57

@Apan@mastodon.social

[#]Toodles

:mastodon:

@Mastodon

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Written by Froge on 2025-01-13 at 13:58

@Apan@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social One wonders what instances you're so upset they're blocking 🤨

Wouldn't happen to be the Nazi ones would it

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Written by Adderbox76 on 2025-01-13 at 16:08

@Apan @Mastodon

A right to speak your mind isn't the same thing as a right to force other people to pay attention to you. You can shout on a street corner all you want, but the other people there have no obligation to give you a megaphone.

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Written by ombremad on 2025-01-13 at 16:56

@Mastodon @Apan are you going to rage if I block you right now? ✅

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Written by Light🐧⁂ on 2025-01-13 at 17:03

@Apan @Mastodon

Are you one of those "free speech absolutist"? Then maybe the Fediverse is not the for you, if you want that sort of experience you should go back to any of the mainstream social media networks where you can have that.

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Written by Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 on 2025-01-13 at 17:30

@Apan @Mastodon lol, perhaps Twitter or a Meta product is best suited to you, then you can be as 'free' as you want and we don't have to put up with you?

Everyone wins, yayy!

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Written by Jürgen Hubert on 2025-01-14 at 05:44

@Apan @Mastodon

Everyone is entitled to free speech, but no one is entitled to a captive audience.

This is as it should be.

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Written by JayT on 2025-01-13 at 12:39

@Mastodon

Brilliant work!

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Written by Draken BlackKnight on 2025-01-13 at 13:19

@Mastodon

They need to be called "Toots" on the official web interface again and not just third party apps like Tusky.

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Written by Matthew Skelton on 2025-01-13 at 14:40

@Mastodon superb leadership here going non-profit and transparent. We're planning something similar for @TeamTopologies ...

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Written by ombremad on 2025-01-13 at 16:49

@Mastodon sorry but this sounds shady as fuck. What is exactly transparent about the whole governance of these structures? There’s not a single word about that in the whole article. Sounds more like a Mozilla Foundation kind of thing, unsurprisingly so.

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