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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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