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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 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 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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Written by Graham Ward on 2025-01-14 at 18:26

@Jackha @arstechnica @ASegar I agree. I've found I get significantly more engagement here compared to #BlueSky. Sometimes 10:1.

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