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Written by Ars Technica on 2025-01-13 at 20:21

Mastodon becomes nonprofit to make sure it’s never ruined by billionaire CEO

Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/mastodon-becomes-nonprofit-to-make-sure-its-never-ruined-by-billionaire-ceo/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Written by jums on 2025-01-13 at 20:40

@arstechnica "becomes" ? Was it ever a for-profit ? 🤔

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Written by elCelio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 on 2025-01-13 at 21:03

@jums @arstechnica

No. It was a non-for-profit, but the German tax authorities revoked the non-for-profit status.

They are creating a new company also to comply with German law.

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Written by jums on 2025-01-14 at 14:36

@elCelio @arstechnica right so it did not "become" anything new, it always have been

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Written by don Elías (como los buses) 🥨 on 2025-01-14 at 04:48

@jums Mastodon gGmbH was founded as a non-profit organization, but the tax authority in Germany revoked their non-profit status without explanation, see this blog post from April 2024 https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

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Written by Allwell Cooper on 2025-01-14 at 06:07

@jums @arstechnica you got potential don't waste it... I GAT SOME FOR YOU HMU RN 💯

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Written by prasket on 2025-01-16 at 22:09

@jums @arstechnica I think it was more just a project by Eugene than anything vs now will have ability to do more as an official org etc.

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Written by Linux Is Best on 2025-01-13 at 20:42

@arstechnica@mastodon.social Now Mastodon need to consider moving web hosting providers outside the United States.

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Written by Argenis on 2025-01-13 at 20:49

@Linux_Is_Best do a Whois lookup on mastodon.social and mastodon.online :)

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Written by Linux Is Best on 2025-01-13 at 20:50

@argenis@mastodon.online Their web hosting provider is headquartered in California, USA.

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Written by Cursed Lechonk on 2025-01-13 at 20:56

@arstechnica hope they take advantage of the “meta situation” and grow

I came back yesterday and was delighted to see that the login process is easier for normal non techy users and many news sources are available either on mastodon.social or flipboard

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Written by blackgatonegro on 2025-01-13 at 21:28

@arstechnica

It was about time.

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Written by Adrian Segar on 2025-01-13 at 21:51

@arstechnica Instead of pouring $30M into a rival of Bluesky, Free Our Feeds https://freeourfeeds.com/ should give $5M to #Mastodon.

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Written by Mastodon Migration on 2025-01-14 at 01:42

@ASegar @arstechnica

💯 !!!

And they are not talking about building a rival of Bluesky, but rather a second AT Protocol instance (relay) running Bluesky software. So, effectively helping build out Bluesky.

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Written by Bright Circuit on 2025-01-14 at 05:22

@ASegar @arstechnica I agree that Mastodon should get some amount but with Bluesky having a much larger and more active user base along with much easier sign up, discovery and better usability it only makes sense they should get the majority.

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Written by Adrian Segar on 2025-01-14 at 13:26

@Jackha @arstechnica Bluesky has easier sign-up because it's a (for-profit) single server, and a larger user base because it largely mirrors Twitter's UI. IME, its user base is far LESS active than Mastodon's.

Bluesky will become enshittified. I don't see how freeourfeeds will avoid the same fate; effective moderation at large monolithic sites is expensive and has to be paid for (ads? gah) after the $30M has gone.

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